Head of the Republic of Kalmykia

Head of the Republic of Kalmykia
Хальмг Таңһчин Толһач (Oirat) Глава Республики Калмыкия (Russian)
Standard for the Head the Republic
Incumbent Batu Khasikov since 20 March 2019
Executive branch of the Republic of Kalmykia
Style	His Excellency The Honorable
Type	Governor Head of state Head of government
Term length	5 years, renewable
Formation	23 April 1993
First holder	Kirsan Ilyumzhinov
Website	Official website

The Head of Kalmykia is an elected official who serves as the head of state of Kalmykia. Since the fall of the Soviet Union, three people have served as Heads of the Republic.

List of officeholders

Soviet Socialist Republic of Kalmykia

Name	Took office	Left office
Vladimir Basanov	1990	1992
Ilya Bugdayev	1992	23 April 1993

Republic of Kalmykia

No.	Portrait	Name (born–died)	Term of office			Political party		Election	Ref.
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
President (1993–2005)
1		Kirsan Ilyumzhinov (born 1962)	23 April 1993	24 October 2005	12 years, 184 days		Independent
							United Russia
Head of the Republic (2005–present)
1		Kirsan Ilyumzhinov (born 1962)	24 October 2005	24 October 2010	5 years, 0 days		United Russia
2		Aleksey Orlov (born 1961)	24 October 2010	20 March 2019	8 years, 147 days		United Russia
3		Batu Khasikov (born 1980)	20 March 2019	Incumbent	6 years, 239 days		United Russia

The latest election for the office was held on 8 September 2019

Candidates	Party	Votes	%
Batu Khasikov	United Russia	93,704	82.54
Natalia Manzhikova	A Just Russia	9,682	8.53
Pyotr Vyshvarok	Liberal Democratic Party of Russia	3,802	8.26
Batyr Muchayev	Patriots of Russia	3,134	2.76

References

• Russian Administrative divisions