The Head of the Sakha Republic (; ) is the highest office in the Sakha Republic. 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 was approved by the State Assembly of Yakutia. After his resignation in May 2010 President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev 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 Portrait Name Term of office Political party Elected Vice president Took office Left office Time in office 1 Mikhail Nikolayev 27 December 1991 21 January 2002 Independent 1991 Vyacheslav Shtyrov(1991–1997) 1996 Spartak Borisov(1997–2002) 2 Vyacheslav Shtyrov 27 January 2002 31 May 2010 Independent 2001–02 Aleksandr Akimov(2002–2007) United Russia 2006 Yevgeniya Mikhaylova(2007–2010)– Yegor Borisov31 May 201017 June 2010 United Russia–Dmitry Glushko(2010–2014) 317 June 201024 April 2014 2010–24 April 201427 September 2014–Position abolished(3)27 September 201428 May 20182014 – Aysen Nikolayev 28 May 2018 27 September 2018 United Russia – 4 27 September 2018 Incumbent 20182023 The most recent election for the office was held on 10 September 2023.
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External links glava.sakha.gov.ru – official web portal of the Head of the Sakha Republic