Head of the Chuvash Republic

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Head of the Chuvash Republic
  • Чăваш Республикин Президенчĕ (Chuvash)
  • Глава Чувашской Республики (Russian)
Flag of the President of the Chuvash Republic.svg
Flag of the Head of the Republic
Nikolaev O.A.jpg
Incumbent
Oleg Nikolayev
since 29 January 2020
Executive branch of the Chuvash Republic
Style
Type
Residence Cheboksary
Term length 5 years
Precursor First Secretary of the Chuvash Communist Party
Formation17 October 1991 [1]
First holder Nikolay Fyodorov
Website glava.cap.ru

The position of the Head of the Chuvash Republic, [a] (formerly the President of the Chuvash Republic [b] until 2011), is the highest office within the Government of the Chuvash Republic in Russia. The Head is elected directly by the people. Term of service is five years. [2]

Contents

List of officeholders

No.PortraitName
(born–died)
Term of officePolitical partyElectionRef.
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
1 Nikolay Vasilyevich Fyodorov, November 2018.jpg Nikolay Fyodorov
(born 1958)
21 January 199429 August 201018 years, 221 days Independent 1993
1997
2001
United Russia 2005
2 Mikhail Ignatyev (2013-10-30).jpg Mikhail Ignatyev
(1962–2020)
29 August 201029 January 20209 years, 153 days United Russia 2010
2015
Nikolaev O.A.jpg Oleg Nikolayev
(born 1969)
29 January 202022 September 2020237 days A Just Russia — For Truth [c]
322 September 2020Incumbent5 years, 70 days 2020

The latest election for the office was held on 13 September 2020.

CandidatesPartyVotes [3] %
Oleg Nikolayev Independent [d] 386,43675.61
Aleksandr Andreyev Communist Party 52,58010.29
Konstantin Stepanov Liberal Democratic Party 28,1805.51
Nikolay Stepanov Party of Pensioners 18,0393.53
Sergey Matveyev Patriots of Russia 10,8702.13
Invalid ballots15,0012.94
Registered voters921,397100
Turnout511,43255.51

Timeline

Oleg Nikolayev (politician)Mikhail Ignatyev (politician)Nikolay Fyodorov (politician)Head of the Chuvash Republic

References

  1. "Закон Чувашской ССР от 17 октября 1991 г. "О Президенте Чувашской ССР"" [Law of the Chuvash SSR of 17 October 1991 "On the President of the Chuvash SSR"]. base.garant.ru (in Russian).
  2. Constitution of the Chuvash Republic, Article 68.
  3. "Election results". Central Election Commission (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2020-10-15. Retrieved 2023-03-05.

Notes

  1. Russian: Глава Чувашской Республики, romanized: Glava Chuvashskoy Respubliki; Chuvash: Чӑваш Республикин Пуçлӑхӗ, romanized: Çăvaş Respublikin Puślăhĕ
  2. Russian: Президент Чувашской Республики, romanized: Prezident Chuvashskoy Respubliki; Chuvash: Чăваш Республикин Президенчĕ, romanized: Çăvaş Respublikin Prezidençĕ
  3. Acting.
  4. Endorsed by United Russia and A Just Russia — For Truth.