Head of the Sakha Republic
  • Саха Өрөспγγбγлγкэтин Ил Дархана; Ил Дархан (Yakut)
  • Глава Республики Саха (Якутия) (Russian)
Standard of the head of the republic
Incumbent
Aysen Nikolayev
since 28 May 2018
Executive branch of the Sakha Republic
Style
Type
ResidenceYakutsk
NominatorPolitical parties
AppointerDirect elections
Term length5 years
Formation20 December 1991
First holderMikhail Nikolayev
WebsiteOfficial website

The Head of the Sakha Republic (Russian: Глава Республики Саха (Якутия), romanized: Glava Respubliki Sakha (Yakutia); Yakut: Саха Өрөспγγбγлγкэтин Ил Дархана; Ил Дархан, romanized: Sakha Öröspüübülüketin Il Darkhana; Il Darkhan) is the highest office in the Sakha Republic. The term of office is five years.

History

The office was first introduced in 1991. Before April 2014 it was known as the President of the Sakha Republic.

The first presidential elections in Yakutia were on 20 December 1991. Yakutia inherited the Soviet electoral system with no real multi-party system to be established. There were only two candidates in the election. The chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Yakut ASSR Mikhail Nikolayev won with 76.7% of the vote. Nikolayev was reelected in 1996 and succeeded by his former vice president Vyacheslav Shtyrov in January 2002. Five years later Shtyrov's appointment for second term which was proposed by President Vladimir Putin was approved by the State Assembly of Yakutia. After his resignation in May 2010 President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev appointed prime minister of the region Yegor Borisov as acting president. He was inaugurated on 17 June 2010. Since the beginning of Borisov's second term in 2014 the President of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) became known as the Head of the Republic.

List of office-holders

No. Portrait Name
(born–died)
Term of office Political party Elected Vice president Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Mikhail Nikolayev
(1937–2023)
20 December 1991 21 January 2002 7 years, 32 days Independent 1991 Vyacheslav Shtyrov
(1991–1997)
1996 Spartak Borisov
(1997–2002)
2 Vyacheslav Shtyrov
(born 1953)
27 January 2002 31 May 2010 8 years, 124 days Independent 2002 Alexander Akimov
(2002–2007)
United Russia 2006 Yevgeniya Mikhaylova
(2007–2010)
3 Yegor Borisov
(born 1954)
31 May 2010 28 May 2018 7 years, 362 days United Russia 2010 Dmitry Glushko
(2010–2014)
[1]
2014 Position abolished
Aysen Nikolayev
(born 1972)
28 May 2018 27 September 2018 122 days United Russia [lower-alpha 1] [2]
4 27 September 2018 Incumbent 5 years, 107 days 2018

The most recent election for the office was held on 9 September 2018.

Candidates Party Votes % Map
Aysen Nikolayev United Russia 229,31471.4
Viktor Gubarev CPRF 38,64812.03
Vladimir Bogdanov A Just Russia 21,1396.58
Gavril Parakhin LDPR 19,9626.22

Notes

  1. Acting head of the republic

References

  1. "Dmitry Medvedev signed an executive order On Early Termination of the Mandate of President of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) Vyacheslav Shtyrov". kremlin.ru. 31 May 2010. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  2. "Указ "О досрочном прекращении полномочий Главы Республики Саха (Якутия)"". kremlin.ru (in Russian). 28 May 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
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