Head of the Republic of Buryatia

The head of the Republic of Buryatia,[lower-alpha 1] (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.

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
Type
ResidenceUlan-Ude
Term length5 years, renewable
PrecursorFirst Secretaries of the Communist Party of Buryatia
Formation1 July 1994
First holderLeonid Potapov
WebsiteOfficial website

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.
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Leonid Potapov
(1935–2020)		 1 July 1994 10 July 2007 13 years, 9 days Communist Party of the Russian Federation 1994
1998
Independent 2002
2 Vyacheslav Nagovitsyn
(born 1956)		 10 July 2007 7 February 2017 15 years, 8 days United Russia —[lower-alpha 2]
– Alexey Tsydenov
(born 1976)		 7 February 2017 10 September 2017 184 days United Russia —[lower-alpha 3]
3 1 October 2019 Incumbent 6 years, 78 days 2017

Timeline
Alexey TsydenovVyacheslav NagovitsynLeonid Potapov

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

References
  1. Constitution of the Republic of Buryatia, Article 69.
  2. "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.


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