Head of the Udmurt Republic

Head of the Udmurt Republic
  • Удмурт Элькунлэн Тӧроез (Udmurt)
  • Глава Удмуртской Республики (Russian)
Executive branch of the Udmurt Republic
Style
Type
ResidenceIzhevsk
NominatorPolitical parties
AppointerDirect elections
Term length5 years
Formation3 November 2000
First holderAlexander Volkov
WebsiteOfficial website

The position of the Head of the Udmurt Republic[a] is the highest office within the Government of the Udmurt Republic in Russia. The Head is elected by citizens of Russia residing in the republic. Term of service is five years.[1]

List

Preceding offices (1990–2000)

Before the presidency was created in 2000, Udmurtia was effectively governed as a parliamentary republic,[2] with speaker of the parliament exercising head of state duties.

Portrait Head of state Term of office Portrait Head of
government
Term of office Election
Valentin Tubylov
(born 1935)
[b]
14 April 1990 –
19 April 1995
Nikolay Mironov
(1936–1999)
[c]
14 April 1990[3] –
24 June 1993[4]
1990
Alexander Volkov
(1951–2017)
[d]
24 June 1993 –
19 April 1995
Alexander Volkov
(1951–2017)
[e]
19 April 1995[5] –
3 November 2000
Pavel Vershinin
(born 1949)
[d]
April 1995[5] –
22 April 1999
1995
Nikolay Ganza
(born 1946)
[d]
22 April 1999[6] –
3 November 2000
1999

President/Head of the Republic (2000–present)

No. Portrait Name
(born–died)
Term of office Political party Elected Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Alexander Volkov
(1951–2017)
3 November 2000 19 February 2014 13 years, 108 days United Russia 2000
2004
2009[f]
[2][7][8]
Alexander Solovyov
(1950–2023)
19 February 2014 22 September 2014 215 days United Russia [g] [9]
2 22 September 2014 4 April 2017 2 years, 194 days 2014
Alexander Brechalov
(born 1973)
4 April 2017 18 September 2017 167 days United Russia [g]
3 18 September 2017 Incumbent 8 years, 185 days 2017
2022


Timeline

Elections

The latest election for the office was held on 10 September 2017[10]

Candidate Party Votes %
Alexander Brechalov United Russia 322,305 78.16 %
Vladimir Bodrov Communist Party 36,011 8.73%
Farid Yunusov A Just Russia 19,861 4.82%
Timur Yagafarov Liberal Democratic Party 13,065 3.17%
Andrey Ivanov Communist Party of Social Justice 10,296 2.50%
Invalid ballots 10,836 2.63%
Turnout 412,374 34.55%

Notes

  1. ^ Russian: Глава Удмуртской Республики, romanizedGlava Udmurtskoy Respubliki; Udmurt: Удмурт Элькунлэн Тӧроез, romanized: Udmurt El′kunlen Töroez
  2. ^ Chairman of the Supreme Soviet.
  3. ^ Chairman of the Council of Ministers.
  4. ^ a b c Chairman of the Government.
  5. ^ Chairman of the State Council.
  6. ^ Elected by the State Council.
  7. ^ a b Acting head of the republic

References

  1. ^ Constitution of the Udmurt Republic, Article 44.
  2. ^ a b "Aleksandr Volkov Wins Udmurtia Elections". jamestown.org. 17 October 2000.
  3. ^ Бехтерев, Сергей Львович (2013). "Конституционно-правовой статус высшего должностного лица субъекта Российской Федерации в исторической ретроспективе: на материалах Удмуртии". Вестник Удмуртского университета. Экономика и право (in Russian) (3). Udmurt State University: 120–127. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  4. ^ "Удмуртия в июне 1993 года". igpi.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  5. ^ a b "В добрый путь, или первые годы Государственного Совета Удмуртии". udmurt.media (in Russian). 18 March 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  6. ^ Игорь Егоров. "Выборы Государственного cовета 4 апреля 1999 года". igpi.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  7. ^ "Вступил в должность первый президент Удмуртии Александр Волков". newsru.com. 3 November 2000. Archived from the original on 20 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Глава Удмуртии отправлен в отставку". Izvestia (in Russian). 19 February 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  9. ^ "The President dismissed Head of Udmurtia Alexander Solovyov from office". kremlin.ru. 4 April 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  10. ^ "Summary of election results". Archived from the original on 14 September 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2021.