Russian President Vladimir nominated Ramzan Kadyrov to the presidency last Thursday, and the Chechen parliament approved him as president the following day.
"Under the Chechen Constitution, a newly elected president assumes office within 30 days the election result's announcement," Dukvakha Abdurakhmanov said, adding that the results will be published in local newspapers on March 6.
"The inauguration date has been set for April 5," he said.
In mid-February, Putin accepted the resignation of President Alu Alkhanov, whose term was due to expire in 2008, and appointed him to the post of deputy justice minister in the central government.
The move was widely seen as clearing the way for the ex-prime minister and acting President Kadyrov to become president.
Kadyrov, the son of the late President Akhmad Kadyrov, who had been in charge of his father's security and is popular among Chechens, was unable to take up the post following his father's assassination in May 2004, because at the time he had not yet reached the age of 30 - a precondition for presidential candidates set by the Chechen Constitution.
Alkhanov filled the position in the August 2004 election, in which he was the only candidate backed by the Kremlin.
Kadyrov was appointed first deputy prime minister and promoted to the post of advisor to Putin's envoy in the Southern Federal District several months later.
In November 2005, Kadyrov Jr. became acting prime minister and later prime minister of his home republic. In October, he turned 30 and following Alkhanov's resignation he was appointed acting president of Chechnya.
