Head of the Republic of Buryatia

Head of the Republic of Buryatia
Standard of the Head of Buryatia
Incumbent Alexey Tsydenov since February 8, 2017
Residence	Ulan-Ude
Term length	5 years
Inaugural holder	Leonid Potapov
Formation	1 July 1994
Website	egov-buryatia.ru

The Head of the Republic of Buryatia,^[a] formerly President of the Republic of Buryatia, is the highest state office within the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, as it's Head of State and Government.^[1] Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, three people have served in this position.

History of office[]

In October 1991, Leonid Potapov was elected chairman of the Supreme Soviet of Buryatia. He won the 1994 election, becoming the first President of the Republic. On 26 April 2011, the People's Khural (parliament) adopted amendments to the Constitution of Buryatia, renaming the office to the "Head of the Republic" from 2012.^[2]

List of officeholders[]

No.	Image	Name	Party		Tenure	Comments
1		Leonid Potapov (1935–2020)		CPRF	1 July 1994 — 21 June 1998	Elected by popular vote
			21 June 1998 — 23 June 2002		Re-elected
				ind.	23 June 2002 — 10 July 2007	Re-elected
2		Vyacheslav Nagovitsyn (b. 1956)		UR	10 July 2007 — 12 May 2012	Appointed by president, approved by the People's Khural
			12 May 2012 — 7 February 2017		Re-approved
3		Alexey Tsydenov (b. 1976)		UR	7 February — 10 September 2017	Acting head of the republic
			from 10 September 2017		Elected by popular vote

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