Head of the Sakha Republic explained

Post:Head
Body:the Sakha Republic
Flag:Standard of the Head of the Sakha (Yakut) Republic.svg
Flagborder:yes
Flagcaption:Standard of the head of the republic
Incumbent:Aysen Nikolayev
Incumbentsince:28 May 2018
Department:Executive branch of the Sakha Republic
Residence:Yakutsk
Nominator:Political parties
Appointer:Direct elections
Termlength:5 years
Formation:20 December 1991
First:Mikhail Nikolayev

The Head of the Sakha Republic (Russian: Глава Республики Саха (Якутия)|Glava Respubliki Sakha (Yakutia); Yakut: Саха Өрөспγγбγлγкэтин Ил Дархана; Ил Дархан|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

PortraitName
Term of officePolitical partyElectedVice president
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
1Mikhail Nikolayev
20 December 199121 January 2002Independent1991Vyacheslav Shtyrov
(1991–1997)
1996Spartak Borisov
(1997–2002)
2Vyacheslav Shtyrov
27 January 200231 May 2010Independent2002Alexander Akimov
(2002–2007)
United Russia2006Yevgeniya Mikhaylova
(2007–2010)
3Yegor Borisov
31 May 201028 May 2018United Russia2010Dmitry Glushko
(2010–2014)
[1]
2014Position abolished
Aysen Nikolayev
28 May 201827 September 2018United Russia[2]
427 September 20182018
The most recent election for the office was held on 9 September 2018.
CandidatesPartyVotes%Map
Aysen NikolayevUnited Russia229,31471.4
Viktor GubarevCommunist Party38,64812.03
Vladimir BogdanovA Just Russia21,1396.58
Gavril ParakhinLDPR19,9626.22

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 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. 2019-03-23.
  2. Web site: Указ "О досрочном прекращении полномочий Главы Республики Саха (Якутия)". kremlin.ru. 28 May 2018. 2019-03-23. ru.