Head of the Republic of Buryatia

Head of the Republic of Buryatia
Буряад Уласай Толгойлогшо (Buryat) Глава Республики Бурятия (Russian)
Standard of the head of Buryatia
Incumbent Alexey Tsydenov since 8 February 2017
Executive branch of the Republic of Buryatia
Style	His Excellency The Honorable
Type	Governor Head of state Head of government
Residence	Ulan-Ude
Term length	5 years, renewable
Precursor	First Secretaries of the Communist Party of Buryatia
Formation	1 July 1994
First holder	Leonid Potapov
Website	Official website

The head of the Republic of Buryatia,^[a] (formerly president of the Republic of Buryatia), is the highest state office within the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, as it is the head of state and government.^[1] Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, three people have served in this position.

History of office

In October 1991, Leonid Potapov was elected chairman of the Supreme Soviet of Buryatia. He won the 1994 election, becoming the first President of the Republic. On 26 April 2011, the People's Khural (parliament) adopted amendments to the Constitution of Buryatia, renaming the office to the "Head of the Republic" from 2012.^[2]

List of officeholders

No.	Portrait	Name (born–died)	Term of office			Political party		Election	Ref.
No.	Portrait	Name (born–died)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party		Election	Ref.
1		Leonid Potapov (1935–2020)	1 July 1994	10 July 2007	13 years, 9 days		Communist Party of the Russian Federation	1994 1998
1		Leonid Potapov (1935–2020)	1 July 1994	10 July 2007	13 years, 9 days		Independent	2002
2		Vyacheslav Nagovitsyn (born 1956)	10 July 2007	7 February 2017	15 years, 8 days		United Russia	—^[b]
–		Alexey Tsydenov (born 1976)	7 February 2017	10 September 2017	184 days		United Russia	—^[c]
3		Alexey Tsydenov (born 1976)	1 October 2019	Incumbent	6 years, 282 days		United Russia	2017

Timeline

Notes

^ Russian: Глава Республики Бурятия, romanized: Glava Respubliki Buryatiya; Buryat: Буряад Уласай Толгойлогшо, romanized: Buryaad Ulasay Tolgoylogsho
^ Appointed by president, approved by the People's Khural.
^ Acting.

References

^ Constitution of the Republic of Buryatia, Article 69.
^ "Парламент Бурятии переименовал президента республики в главу" [The parliament of Buryatia renamed the president of the republic to the head]. Vesti.ru (in Russian). 2011-04-26.

External links

Russian Administrative divisions

v t e Heads (governors) of federal subjects of Russia
Republics	Adygea Altai Bashkortostan Buryatia Chechnya Chuvashia Crimea¹ Dagestan Donetsk¹ Ingushetia Kabardino-Balkaria Kalmykia Karachay-Cherkessia Karelia Khakassia Komi Lugansk¹ Mari El Mordovia North Ossetia–Alania Sakha Tatarstan Tuva Udmurtia
Krais	Altai Kamchatka Khabarovsk Krasnodar Krasnoyarsk Perm Primorsky Stavropol Zabaykalsky
Oblasts	Amur Arkhangelsk Astrakhan Belgorod Bryansk Chelyabinsk Irkutsk Ivanovo Kaliningrad Kaluga Kemerovo Kherson¹ Kirov Kostroma Kurgan Kursk Leningrad Lipetsk Magadan Moscow Murmansk Nizhny Novgorod Novgorod Novosibirsk Omsk Orenburg Oryol Penza Pskov Rostov Ryazan Sakhalin Samara Saratov Smolensk Sverdlovsk Tambov Tomsk Tula Tver Tyumen Ulyanovsk Vladimir Volgograd Vologda Voronezh Yaroslavl Zaporozhye¹
Federal cities	Moscow Saint Petersburg Sevastopol¹
Autonomous oblast	Jewish
Autonomous okrugs	Chukotka Khanty-Mansi² Nenets³ Yamalo-Nenets²
¹Claimed by Ukraine and considered by most of the international community to be part of Ukraine ²Administratively subordinated to Tyumen Oblast ³Administratively subordinated to Arkhangelsk Oblast

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