Head of the Republic of Karelia

Head of the Republic of Karelia
Coat of arms of the Karelia
Incumbent Artur Parfenchikov since 15 February 2017
Executive Department of the Republic of Karelia
Style	His Excellency (formal) Sir (informal)
Residence	Petrozadovsk
Nominator	Political Parties
Appointer	Popular vote
Term length	5 years
Inaugural holder	Sergey Katanandov
Formation	1 June 1998
Succession	Acting Head
Deputy	Chairman
Salary	$ 68,000
Website	http://www.gov.karelia.ru

The Head of the Republic of Karelia is the federal official appointed by the Kremlin who serves as the head of state of Republic of Karelia. Since the fall of the Soviet Union, four people have served as Heads of the Republic.

Chairman of the Supreme Council[]

Image	Name	Took office	Left office
	Viktor Stepanov	18 April 1990	17 May 1994

Chairmen of the Government[]

Image	Name	Took office	Left office
	Viktor Stepanov	17 May 1994	1 June 1998
	Sergey Katanandov	1 June 1998	12 May 2002

Head of the Republic[]

No.	Image	Name	Took office	Left office
1		Sergey Katanandov	12 May 2002	30 June 2010
2		Andrey Nelidov	1 July 2010	22 May 2012
3		Aleksandr Hudilainen	22 May 2012	15 February 2017
4		Artur Parfenchikov	15 February 2017	present

References[]

• Russian Administrative divisions