| Post: | Head |
| Body: | the Chuvash Republic |
| Flag: | Flag of the President of the Chuvash Republic.svg |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of the Head of the Republic |
| Incumbent: | Oleg Nikolayev |
| Incumbentsince: | 29 January 2020 |
| Department: | Executive branch of the Chuvash Republic |
| Residence: | Cheboksary |
| Termlength: | 5 years |
| Precursor: | First Secretary of the Chuvash Communist Party |
| Formation: | 17 October 1991[1] |
| First: | Nikolay Fyodorov |
The position of the Head of the Chuvash Republic, (formerly the President of the Chuvash Republic 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]
| Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | Election | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
| 1 | Nikolay Fyodorov | 21 January 1994 | 29 August 2010 | Independent | 1993 1997 2001 | ||||
| United Russia | 2005 | ||||||||
| 2 | Mikhail Ignatyev | 29 August 2010 | 29 January 2020 | United Russia | 2010 2015 | ||||
| – | Oleg Nikolayev | 29 January 2020 | 22 September 2020 | A Just Russia — For Truth | — | ||||
| 3 | 22 September 2020 | Incumbent | 2020 | ||||||
The latest election for the office was held on 13 September 2020.
| Candidates | Party | Votes[3] | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oleg Nikolayev | 386,436 | 75.61 | |||
| Aleksandr Andreyev | 52,580 | 10.29 | |||
| Konstantin Stepanov | 28,180 | 5.51 | |||
| Nikolay Stepanov | 18,039 | 3.53 | |||
| Sergey Matveyev | 10,870 | 2.13 | |||
| Invalid ballots | 15,001 | 2.94 | |||
| Registered voters | 921,397 | 100 | |||
| Turnout | 511,432 | 55.51 | |||