Head of the Komi Republic

Heads of the Komi Republic (Russian: Глава Республики Коми; Komi: Коми республикаса Юралысь) is the highest official of the Komi Republic, an autonomous region of Russia. The position was introduced in 1994. In previous years, from the establishment of the multi-party system in 1990, the Supreme Council of the Komi Republic was the highest authority, and its chairman acted as head of state. In 2012, term of office was increased from four to five years.

Head of the Komi Republic
Coat of arms of the Komi Republic
Incumbent
Vladimir Uyba
since April 2, 2020
ResidenceSyktyvkar
Term length5 years; no more than two consecutive terms
Inaugural holderYury Spiridonov
Formation1994
WebsiteOfficial site

List of the Heads

Below is a list of the Heads of the Komi Republic:

No. Portrait Name Party Entered office Left office Comments
1 Yury Spiridonov
(1938–2010)		 ind. 7 June 1994[1] 30 December 1997 Elected by popular vote
30 December 1997 15 January 2002 Re-elected
2 Vladimir Torlopov
(b. 1949)		 15 January 2002 15 January 2006 Elected by popular vote
UR 15 January 2006[1] 15 January 2010 Appointed
3 Vyacheslav Gayzer
(b. 1966)		 15 January 2010 14 January 2014 Appointed
– 14 January 2014 19 September 2014 Acting head of the republic
(3) 19 September 2014 30 September 2015 Elected by popular vote. Removed from office
– Sergey Gaplikov
(b. 1970)		 30 September 2015 22 September 2016 Acting head of the republic
4 22 September 2016 2 April 2020 Elected by popular vote. Resigned from office
– Vladimir Uyba
(b. 1958)		 ind. 2 April 2020 23 September 2020 Acting head of the republic
5 UR 23 September 2020 incumbent Elected by popular vote

Timeline
Vladimir UybaSergey GaplikovVyacheslav GayzerVladimir TorlopovYury Spiridonov

Election results

Last election

Last election for the post was held on 13 September 2020.

Candidates Party Votes %
Vladimir Uyba Independent, supported by United Russia 145,05873.18
Andrey Nikitin Liberal Democratic Party 21,46310.83
Sergey Ponomaryov Communist Party of Social Justice 11,3555.73
Victor Betekhtin Green Alternative 11,3155.71
Turnout: 198,490 30.16

2016 elections

The 2016 elections were held on election day 18 September.

Candidates Party Votes %
Sergey Gaplikov United Russia 174,56762.17
Ivan Filipchenko Liberal Democratic Party 29,57910.53
Leonid Musinov Communist Party 29,12210.37
Vyacheslav Popov A Just Russia 27,8969.93
Andrey Pyatkov Patriots of Russia 7,1152.53
Turnout: 281,141 40.67

2014 elections

The 2014 elections were held on election day 14 September.

Candidates Party Votes %
Vyacheslav Gayzer United Russia 324,43978.97
Andrey Andreyev Communist Party 28,1476.85
Mikhail Bragin Liberal Democratic Party 28,1416.85
Ilya Velichko A Just Russia 12,3423.00
Evgeny Vologin Right Cause 10,0482.45
Turnout: 411,611 59.06

2001 elections

The 2001 elections were held on 16 December.[2]

Candidates Party Votes %
Vladimir Torlopov Independent 146,93439.75
Yury Spiridonov Independent 129,07834.92
Leonid Musinov Communist Party 23,0326.23
Alexander Nekrasov Liberal Democratic Party 8,5232.31
Mikhail Kodanev Independent 7,4292.01
Ivan Ruban Unity 5,9251.60
Leonid Kochanov Independent 1,7280.47
Against all 35,6529.64
Turnout: – 48.34

1997 elections

The 1997 elections were held on 30 November.

Candidates Party Votes %
Yury Spiridonov Independent –57.19
Rita Chistokhodova Communist Party –19.83
Vasily Kuznetsov Independent –9.17
Vyacheslav Krusser Beer Lovers Party –1.86
Valery Zlobin Liberal Democratic Party –1.86
Against all –5.43
Turnout: – 48.30

1994 elections

The 1994 elections were held on 8 May.

Candidates Party Votes %
Yury Spiridonov Independent –50.98
Vyacheslav Khudyaev Communist Party –33.14
Alexander Gladkov Independent –8.39
Valery Markov Independent –3.79
Turnout: – 36.80

References
  1. "History of elections and appointments of the head of the Komi Republic". TASS (in Russian). 2020-09-11.
  2. How it was: the last gubernatorial elections 13 years ago

Sources
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