Head of the Republic of Ingushetia

Head of the Republic of Ingushetia
Standard of the Head of the Republic of Ingushetia
Incumbent Mahmud-Ali Kalimatov since 26 June 2019
Nominator	President of Russia
Appointer	People's Assembly of Ingushetia
Term length	5 years
Inaugural holder	Ruslan Aushev
Formation	18 February 1993
Website	ingushetia.ru

The Head of the Republic of Ingushetia (Russian: Глава Республики Ингушетия), formerly President of the Republic of Ingushetia, is the highest office within the Government of Ingushetia, Russia. The Head is elected by Parliament of Ingushetia. Term of service is five years.^[1]

History[]

On 4 June 1992, the Supreme Soviet of Russia adopted Act No. 2927-1 "On the formation of the Ingush Republic within the Russian Federation".^[2] Checheno-Ingushetia was officially divided into Ingushetia and Chechnya. On 2 November 1992, by the presidential decree, a state of emergency was introduced on the territory of the future Ingushetia and the Provisional Administration was created.

On February 28, 1993, elections of the President of the Ingush Republic were held, at which only one candidate was participating, Major General Ruslan Aushev. Having received the support of 99.94% of the voters, he became the first president of Ingushetia. On March 7, the inauguration of the first President of Ingushetia took place in the House of Culture of Nazran. On December 29, 2001, Aushev announced his early resignation.

On April 7, 2002, early presidential elections were held in the Republic of Ingushetia. Eight candidates applied for this post, but none of them received more than 50% of the vote. On April 28, 2002, Murat Zyazikov was elected in the second round with 53,15%. In 2004, at the initiative of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin, the elections of governors were canceled in favor of appointment of President's suggested candidates by the regional legislatures.

Since January 1, 2011, the position has been renamed from "President of the Republic of Ingushetia" to "Head of the Republic of Ingushetia". On June 1, 2012, a federal law came into force providing for the return of direct gubernatorial elections in Russia. On April 2, 2013, five months before the expected elections in Ingushetia, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law according to which the regions were given the right to independently determine the procedure for electing a head of the region. On May 7, members of the People's Assembly of Ingushetia voted to abolish direct elections of the head of the republic.^[3]

List[]

No.	Image	Name	Party	Took office	Left office	Notes
Presidents of Ingushetia (1993–2010)
1		Ruslan Aushev	independent	7 March 1993	28 December 2001	Elected in 1993, 1994, 1998. Resigned
—		Akhmed Malsagov	independent	28 December 2001	23 May 2002	Acting president as chairman of the Government of Ingushetia
2		Murat Zyazikov	independent	23 May 2002	30 October 2008	Elected in 2002, appointed by the People's Assembly of Ingushetia in 2005. Resigned
3		Yunus-bek Yevkurov	United Russia	30 October 2008	3 July 2009	Appointed by Dmitry Medvedev as Acting President of Ingushetia, approved by the People's Assembly
—		Rashid Gaisanov	United Russia	3 July 2009	12 August 2009	Acting president as chairman of the Government of Ingushetia. Appointed after Yevkurov's assassination attempt
3		Yunus-bek Yevkurov	United Russia	12 August 2009	31 December 2010	Position renamed
Heads of Ingushetia (2011–)
3		Yunus-bek Yevkurov	United Russia	1 January 2011	5 July 2013	Term expired
—				5 July 2013	8 September 2013	Appointed by Vladimir Putin as Acting Head of Ingushetia
3				8 September 2013	26 June 2019	Approved by the People's Assembly in 2013 and 2018. Resigned following protests over Ingushetia—Chechnya border demarcation
—		Mahmud-Ali Kalimatov	United Russia	26 June 2019	8 September 2019	Appointed by Vladimir Putin as Acting Head of Ingushetia
4				8 September 2019	Incumbent	Approved by the People's Assembly

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