Head of the Luhansk People's Republic
Head of the Luhansk People's Republic | |
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Глава Луганской Народной Республики | |
Seat | Luhansk |
Appointer | Direct election |
Term length | Five years, one consecutive re-election |
Formation | 18 May 2014 |
First holder | Valery Bolotov |
Deputy | Sergey Kozlov |
The Head of the Luhansk People's Republic (Russian: Глава Луганской Народной Республики, romanized: Glava Luganskoy Narodnoy Respubliki) is the highest elected official of the Luhansk People's Republic, a self-proclaimed unrecognised quasi-state backed by Russia, located on the territory of Luhansk Oblast (province) in eastern Ukraine. According to the Constitution, the Head of the people's republic is the head of state and has executive power.
Elections[]
Elections of the Head of the Luhansk People's Republic are carried out on the basis of universal, equal and direct suffrage by secret ballot for a period of five years. The head of the Luhansk People’s Republic is a citizen of the LPR who does not have foreign citizenship, is not younger than 30 years old, has the right to vote. The same person cannot be the Head of the Luhansk People’s Republic for more than two consecutive terms.[1]
The head of the Luhansk People’s Republic cannot be a member of public associations, cannot be a deputy of the Parliament of the Luhansk People’s Republic, and cannot occupy any other positions in state and public structures, business entities.
List[]
- Acting
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Elected | Ref. | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
– | Gennadiy Tsypkalov (1973–2016) Acting |
13 May 2014 | 17 May 2014 | 4 days | Peace for Lugansk Region | – | [2] | |
1 | Valery Bolotov (1970–2017) |
18 May 2014 | 14 August 2014 | 88 days | Independent | – | [3] | |
2 | Igor Plotnitsky (born 1964) |
14 August 2014 | 4 November 2014 | 82 days | Peace for Lugansk Region | – | [4] | |
4 November 2014 | 24 November 2017 | 3 years, 20 days | 2014 | |||||
3 | Leonid Pasechnik (born 1970) |
24 November 2017 | 21 November 2018 | 362 days | Peace for Lugansk Region United Russia |
– | [5] | |
21 November 2018 | Incumbent | 3 years, 82 days | 2018 |
See also[]
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References[]
- ^ Constitution of Luhansk People's Republic
- ^ Ex-premier of LPR Tsypkalov has committed suicide (Экс-премьер ЛНР Цыпкалов совершил самоубийство) Archived 2018-09-09 at the Wayback Machine. News at Mail.ru (Interfax). 24 September 2016
- ^ "Ukraine fighting: Rebel official resigns; shells fall on Donetsk". CNN. 14 August 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
- ^ Ukraine rebel region's security minister says he is new leader , Reuters (24 November 2017)
Separatist Leader In Ukraine's Luhansk Resigns Amid Power Struggle, Radio Free Europe (24 November 2017) - ^ Former SBU agent, whom Yushchenko gave a medal. Who is the new leader of "LPR" (Бывший СБУшник, которому дал медаль Ющенко. Кто такой новый главарь "ЛНР"). Espreso.tv. 24 November 2017
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