Head of Mari El

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Head of the Mari El Republic
  • Марий Эл Республикын Вуйлатышыже (Meadow Mari)
  • Глава Республики Марий Эл (Russian)
Standard of the Head of the Mari El Republic.svg
Standard of the head of the republic
Yury Zaitsev (council.gov.ru) (cropped).jpg
Incumbent
Yury Zaitsev
since 10 May 2022
Executive branch of the Mari El Republic
Style
Type
Appointer Direct elections
Term length 5 years;
Formation24 December 1991
First holder Vladislav Zotin
Website Official website

The Head of the Mari El Republic, formerly known as the President of Mari El Republic, is the highest executive position in Mari El, a federal subject of Russia.

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The first president of Mari El was Vladislav Zotin when the position was created on 24 December 1991, two days before dissolution of the Soviet Union, replacing the First Secretary of the Mari Communist Party, the equivalent position of the Mari ASSR before it was succeeded by the Mari El Republic. The status and powers of the president were determined by Chapter 4 of the Constitution of the Mari El Republic.

In December 2010, Russian president Dmitry Medvedev signed a law that forbade calling the heads of federal subjects as "president", and must bring their constitutions or statutes in conformity with the law before 1 January 2015. The office was renamed to head (Vuylatyshyzhe in Mari) in June 2011.

Since 10 May 2022, the head is Yury Zaitsev. [1]

List of heads

No.PortraitName
(born–died)		Term of officePolitical partyElectedRef.
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
1 Vladislav Zotin.jpg Vladislav Zotin
(born 1942)		24 December 19915 January 19975 years, 12 days Communist Party
2 Vyacheslav Kislitsyn.jpg Vyacheslav Kislitsyn
(born 1948)		5 January 199714 January 20014 years, 9 days Communist Party
3 Leonid Markelov 2010.jpg Leonid Markelov
(born 1963)		14 January 20016 April 201716 years, 82 days Liberal Democratic Party
United Russia
– Meeting Vladimir Putin with Alexander Yevstifeyev 2017-04-06 02 cropped.jpg Alexander Yevstifeyev
(1958–2024)		6 April 201721 September 2017168 days United Russia – [a]
421 September 201710 May 20224 years, 231 days2017
– Yury Zaitsev (council.gov.ru) (cropped).jpg Yury Zaitsev
(born 1970)		10 May 202223 September 2022136 days United Russia – [a]
523 September 2022Incumbent2 years, 175 days

Elections

The latest election for the office was held on 10 September 2017.

CandidatesPartyVotes %
Alexander Yevstifeyev United Russia 208,85588.27
Albert Fyodorov Liberal Democratic Party 11,9825.06
Natalia Glushenko A Just Russia 8,2323.48
Valentina Zlobina Party of Pensioners 4,1591.76
Source: Сводная таблица результатов выборов

Note

  1. 1 2 Acting head of the republic

References

  1. ↑ Gorshkova, Elena (10 May 2022). "Acting governor appointed in protest region of Russia". URA (in Russian). Retrieved 10 May 2022.


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