The Head of the Sakha Republic (russian: Глава Республики Саха (Якутия), Glava Respubliki Sakha (Yakutia); sah, Саха Өрөспγγбγлγкэтин Ил Дархана; Ил Дархан, Sakha Öröspüübülüketin Il Darkhana; Il Darkhan) is the highest office in the

Sakha Republic Sakha, officially the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia),, is the largest republic of Russia, located in the Russian Far East, along the Arctic Ocean, with a population of roughly 1 million. Sakha comprises half of the area of its governing Far Eas ...

. The term of office is five years.

History

The office was first introduced in 1991. Before April 2014 it was known as the President of the Sakha Republic. The first presidential elections in Yakutia were on 20 December 1991. Yakutia inherited the Soviet electoral system with no real multi-party system to be established. There were only two candidates in the election. The chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Yakut ASSR Mikhail Nikolayev won with 76.7% of the vote. Nikolayev was reelected in 1996 and succeeded by his former vice president Vyacheslav Shtyrov in January 2002. Five years later Shtyrov's appointment for second term which was proposed by President

Vladimir Putin Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin; (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who holds the office of president of Russia. Putin has served continuously as president or prime minister since 1999: as prime min ...

was approved by the State Assembly of Yakutia. After his resignation in May 2010 President of Russia

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 ...

appointed prime minister of the region Yegor Borisov as acting president. He was inaugurated on 17 June 2010. Since the beginning of Borisov's second term in 2014 the President of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) became known as the ''Head of the Republic''.

List of office-holders

The most recent election for the office was held on 9 September 2018.

References

External links

glava.sakha.gov.ru – official web portal of the Head of the Sakha Republic
{{Heads of the Sakha Republic Politics of the Sakha Republic