Head of the Chuvash Republic

The position of the Head of the Chuvash Republic,[lower-alpha 1] known as the President of the Chuvash Republic[lower-alpha 2] 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]

Head of the Chuvash Republic
Coat of arms of the Chuvash Republic
Flag of the Head of the Republic
Incumbent
Oleg Nikolayev
since 29 January 2020
StyleHis Excellency (formal)
Sir (informal)
TypeHead of state
Head of government
SeatCheboksary
Term length5 years
Formation17 October 1991[1]
First holderNikolay Fyodorov
Websiteglava.cap.ru

List of officeholders
No. Portrait Name Took office Left office Party Election
1 Nikolay Fyodorov
(born 1958)		 21 January 1994 29 August 2010 Independent 1993
1997
2001
2005
United Russia
2 Mikhail Ignatyev
(1962–2020)		 29 August 2010 29 January 2020 2010
2015
— Oleg Nikolayev
(born 1969)		 29 January 2020 22 September 2020 A Just Russia — For Truth 2020
3 22 September 2020 Incumbent

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

Candidates Party Votes[3] %
Oleg NikolayevIndependent[lower-alpha 3]386,43675.61
Aleksandr AndreyevCommunist Party52,58010.29
Konstantin StepanovLiberal Democratic Party28,1805.51
Nikolay StepanovParty of Pensioners18,0393.53
Sergey MatveyevPatriots of Russia10,8702.13
Invalid ballots15,0012.94
Registered voters921,397100
Turnout511,43255.51

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).

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. Endorsed by United Russia and A Just Russia — For Truth.
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