The Head of the Republic of Buryatia,; bua, Буряад Уласай Толгойлогшо, Buryaad Ulasay Tolgoylogsho formerly ''President of the Republic of Buryatia'', is the highest state office within the

Republic of Buryatia Buryatia, officially the Republic of Buryatia (russian: Республика Бурятия, r=Respublika Buryatiya, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə bʊˈrʲætʲɪjə; bua, Буряад Улас, Buryaad Ulas, , mn, Буриад Улс, Buriad Uls), is ...

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, as it is the Head of State and Government. Since the

dissolution of the Soviet Union The dissolution of the Soviet Union, also negatively connoted as rus, Разва́л Сове́тского Сою́за, r=Razvál Sovétskogo Soyúza, ''Ruining of the Soviet Union''. was the process of internal disintegration within the Sov ...

, three people have served in this position.

History of office

In October 1991,

Leonid Potapov Leonid Vasilyevich Potapov (russian: Леони́д Васи́льевич Пота́пов; 4 July 1935 – 12 November 2020) was the President of the Buryat Republic in Russia from August 1991 to July 2007. He was reelected three times (in 1994 ...

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.

List of officeholders

Timeline

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External links

Russian Administrative divisions
Politics of Buryatia

Buryatia Buryatia, officially the Republic of Buryatia (russian: Республика Бурятия, r=Respublika Buryatiya, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə bʊˈrʲætʲɪjə; bua, Буряад Улас, Buryaad Ulas, , mn, Буриад Улс, Buriad Uls), is ...

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