Mikhail Vasilyevich Ignatyev ( cv, Михал Ваçлин ывăл Йăкăнатьев, ''Mihal Vaślin yvӑl Jӑkӑnatjev''; russian: Михаи́л Васи́льевич Игна́тьев; 8 January 1962 – 18 June 2020) was a Russian politician who served as the

Head A head is the part of an organism which usually includes the ears, brain, forehead, cheeks, chin, eyes, nose, and mouth, each of which aid in various sensory functions such as sight, hearing, smell, and taste. Some very simple animals may ...

of the

Chuvashia Chuvashia (russian: Чувашия; cv, Чӑваш Ен), officially the Chuvash Republic — Chuvasia,; cv, Чӑваш Республики — Чӑваш Ен is a republic of Russia located in Eastern Europe. It is the homeland of the Chuv ...

from 2010 to 2020.

Early life

Mikhail Vasilyevich Ignatyev was born on 8 January 1962, and graduated from

Chuvash State University I. N. Ulianov Chuvash State University is a public university located in Cheboksary, the capital of the Chuvash Republic, Russia. The university is one of the leading institutions of higher learning in Russia and is the scientific, educational and ...

and Volga-Vyatka Academy of Public Administration.

Career

Politics

From 1996 to 1999, Ignatyev served as the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food of Chuvashia. On 14 January 2002, he was appointed to replace Petr Ivantaev as First Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers by President of Chuvashia Nikolay Fyodorov. On 6 May 2004, he became the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Minister.

Head of Chuvash Republic

On 28 July 2010, Ignatyev was appointed by the

State Council of the Chuvash Republic The State Council of the Chuvash Republic (russian: Государственный Совет Чувашской Республики; cv, Чăваш Республикин Патшалăх Канашĕ) is the regional parliament of Chuvashia, ...

as President of the Chuvash Republic after being proposed by President

Dmitry Medvedev Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev ( rus, links=no, Дмитрий Анатольевич Медведев, p=ˈdmʲitrʲɪj ɐnɐˈtolʲjɪvʲɪtɕ mʲɪdˈvʲedʲɪf; born 14 September 1965) is a Russian politician who has been serving as the dep ...

. In the state council 37 deputies voted in favor, five against, and one abstained. He took office on 29 August. On 1 January 2012, the title of the office was changed to Head of Chuvashia. On 9 June 2015, he was appointed acting head of the republic by President Vladimir Putin and was later elected to a second term with 65.54% of the popular vote on 13 September.

Dismissal

On 18 January 2020, Ignatyev called for the "wiping out" of journalists who criticize the government during a National Press Day speech. On 23 January, Ignatyev participated in a review of the Cheboksary rescue equipment with Cheboksary's Emergency Response Department head and Chuvashia's civil defense minister. At a ceremony where the keys to multiple fire engines were presented Ignatyev forced a shorter emergency worker to jump multiple times for the keys. On 28 January, Ignatyev was expelled from United Russia, and on 29 January, President Putin dismissed Ignatyev as Head of the Chuvash Republic and replaced him with Oleg Nikolayev as acting head.

Later life

On 20 May 2020, Ignatyev filed a lawsuit against Putin with the

Supreme Court of Russia The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation (russian: links=no, Верховный суд Российской Федерации, Verkhovny sud Rossiyskoy Federatsii) is a court within the judiciary of Russia and the court of last resort in ...

for wrongful dismissal and his lawsuit was accepted on 21 May. The set hearings for the lawsuit were supposed to start on 30 June. On 27 May, he was hospitalized due to bilateral pneumonia with a large amount of his lungs damaged. On 18 June, Ignatyev died in a Saint Petersburg hospital from

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after contracting COVID-19 during the

COVID-19 pandemic in Russia The COVID-19 pandemic in Russia is part of the ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The virus was confirmed to have spread to Russia on 31 January 2020, when two Ch ...

References

External links

Биография на официальном портале Чувашии

Биография на сайте ГУ МЧС России по Чувашской Республике
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