The Head of the Donetsk People´s Republic (russian: Глава Донецкой Народной Республики, Glava Donetskoy Narodnoy Respubliki) is the highest office of the
Donetsk People's Republic
The Donetsk People's Republic ( rus, Донецкая Народная Республика, Donetskaya Narodnaya Respublika, dɐˈnʲetskəjə nɐˈrodnəjə rʲɪˈspublʲɪkə; abbreviated as DPR or DNR, rus, ДНР) is a Territorial ...
(DPR), a
disputed Russian republic
The Russian Republic,. referred to as the Russian Democratic Federal Republic. in the 1918 Constitution, was a short-lived state which controlled, ''de jure'', the territory of the former Russian Empire after its proclamation by the Rus ...
. Russia unilaterally annexed the DPR on 30 September 2022 from Ukraine, and the entity is unrecognised by the majority of the international community. The DPR claims Ukraine's
Donetsk Oblast
The Donetsk Oblast ( ukr, Донецька область, Donetska oblast, ), also referred to as Donechchyna ( ukr, Донеччина, links=no), is an oblast of eastern Ukraine. It is Ukraine's most populous province, with around 4.1 mill ...
, with 40% of the oblast under Ukrainian control as of October 2022.
Elections
Elections of the Head of the Donetsk People's Republic are carried out based on universal, equal, and direct suffrage by secret ballot for five years. The head of the Donetsk People’s Republic is a citizen of the DPR who does not have foreign citizenship, is not younger than 30 years old, has the right to vote, and has no criminal record. For registration, the candidate must provide at least 10,000 signatures of voters. The same person cannot be the Head of the Donetsk People’s Republic for more than two consecutive terms.
The last election of the partially-recognized republic was in 2018 with Denis Pushilin winning, during his 5 year term.
List of Heads of the DPR
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Timeline
See also
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Prime Minister of the Donetsk People's Republic
References
{{Heads of state and government of Europe, state=Donetsk People´s Republic (Russia)
Politics of the Donetsk People's Republic
2014 establishments in Ukraine
Lists of heads of the federal subjects of Russia