Head of the Sakha Republic

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.

Head of the Sakha Republic
Ceremonial Badge of the Head of the Sakha Republic
Standard of the Head of the Sakha Republic
Incumbent
Aysen Nikolayev
since May 28, 2018
ResidenceYakutsk
Inaugural holderMikhail Nikolayev
FormationDecember 20, 1991

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
# Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Election Term of office Party Vice President
1 Mikhail Nikolayev
(1937–)		 1991 December 20, 1991 January 21, 2002 Independent Vyacheslav Shtyrov (1991–1997)
1996 Spartak Borisov (1997–2002)
2 Vyacheslav Shtyrov
(1953–)		 2002 January 27, 2002 May 31, 2010 Independent Alexander Akimov (2002–2007)
2006 United Russia Yevgeniya Mikhaylova (2007–2010)
3 Yegor Borisov
(1954–)		 2010 May 31, 2010[1] May 28, 2018 United Russia Dmitry Glushko (2010–2014)
2014 Position abolished
4 Aysen Nikolayev
(1972–)		 2018 May 28, 2018[2] (Acting);
September 27, 2018		 present United Russia

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

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 2019-03-23.
  2. "Указ "О досрочном прекращении полномочий Главы Республики Саха (Якутия)"". kremlin.ru (in Russian). 28 May 2018. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
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