Head of the Komi Republic

Heads of the Komi Republic (Russian: Глава Республики Коми; Komi: Коми республикаса Юралысь) is the highest official of the Komi Republic, an autonomous region of Russia. The position was introduced in 1994. In previous years, from the establishment of the multi-party system in 1990, the Supreme Council of the Komi Republic was the highest authority, and its chairman acted as head of state. In 2012, term of office was increased from four to five years.

Head of the Komi Republic
  • Коми республикаса Юралысь (Komi)
  • Глава Республики Коми (Russian)
Standard of the head of the republic
Incumbent
Vladimir Uyba
since 2 April 2020
Executive branch of the Komi Republic
Style
Type
ResidenceSyktyvkar
AppointerDirect elections
Term length5 years;
no more than two consecutive terms
Formation1994
First holderYury Spiridonov
WebsiteOfficial website

List of the Heads

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Below is a list of the Heads of the Komi Republic:

No.PortraitName
(born–died)
Term of officePolitical partyElectedRef.
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
1 Yury Spiridonov
(1938–2010)
7 June 199415 January 20027 years, 222 daysIndependent1994
1997
[1]
2 Vladimir Torlopov
(born 1949)
15 January 200215 January 20064 years, 0 daysIndependent2001
15 January 200615 January 2010United Russia[a][1]
3 Vyacheslav Gayzer
(born 1966)
15 January 201014 January 20143 years, 364 daysUnited Russia[a]
14 January 201419 September 2014248 days[b]
(3)19 September 201430 September 20151 year, 11 days2014
Sergey Gaplikov
(born 1970)
30 September 201522 September 2016358 daysUnited Russia[b]
422 September 20162 April 20203 years, 193 days2016
Vladimir Uyba
(born 1958)
2 April 202023 September 2020174 daysIndependent[b]
523 September 2020Incumbent3 years, 274 daysUnited Russia2020

Timeline

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Vladimir UybaSergey GaplikovVyacheslav GayzerVladimir TorlopovYury Spiridonov

Election results

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Last election

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Last election for the post was held on 13 September 2020.

CandidatesPartyVotes%
Vladimir UybaIndependent, supported by United Russia145,05873.18
Andrey NikitinLiberal Democratic Party21,46310.83
Sergey PonomaryovCommunist Party of Social Justice11,3555.73
Victor BetekhtinGreen Alternative11,3155.71
Turnout:198,49030.16

2016 elections

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The 2016 elections were held on election day 18 September.

CandidatesPartyVotes%
Sergey GaplikovUnited Russia174,56762.17
Ivan FilipchenkoLiberal Democratic Party29,57910.53
Leonid MusinovCommunist Party29,12210.37
Vyacheslav PopovA Just Russia27,8969.93
Andrey PyatkovPatriots of Russia7,1152.53
Turnout:281,14140.67

2014 elections

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The 2014 elections were held on election day 14 September.

CandidatesPartyVotes%
Vyacheslav GayzerUnited Russia324,43978.97
Andrey AndreyevCommunist Party28,1476.85
Mikhail BraginLiberal Democratic Party28,1416.85
Ilya VelichkoA Just Russia12,3423.00
Evgeny VologinRight Cause10,0482.45
Turnout:411,61159.06

2001 elections

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The 2001 elections were held on 16 December.[2]

CandidatesPartyVotes%
Vladimir TorlopovIndependent146,93439.75
Yury SpiridonovIndependent129,07834.92
Leonid MusinovCommunist Party23,0326.23
Alexander NekrasovLiberal Democratic Party8,5232.31
Mikhail KodanevIndependent7,4292.01
Ivan RubanUnity5,9251.60
Leonid KochanovIndependent1,7280.47
Against all35,6529.64
Turnout:48.34

1997 elections

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The 1997 elections were held on 30 November.

CandidatesPartyVotes%
Yury SpiridonovIndependent57.19
Rita ChistokhodovaCommunist Party19.83
Vasily KuznetsovIndependent9.17
Vyacheslav KrusserBeer Lovers Party1.86
Valery ZlobinLiberal Democratic Party1.86
Against all5.43
Turnout:48.30

1994 elections

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The 1994 elections were held on 8 May.

CandidatesPartyVotes%
Yury SpiridonovIndependent50.98
Vyacheslav KhudyaevCommunist Party33.14
Alexander GladkovIndependent8.39
Valery MarkovIndependent3.79
Turnout:36.80

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Appointed
  2. ^ a b c Acting head of the republic

References

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  1. ^ a b "History of elections and appointments of the head of the Komi Republic". TASS (in Russian). 2020-09-11.
  2. ^ How it was: the last gubernatorial elections 13 years ago

Sources

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