Head of the Chuvash Republic

The position of the Head of the Chuvash Republic,^[a] (formerly the President of the Chuvash Republic^[b] until 2011), is the highest office within the Government of the Chuvash Republic in Russia. The Head is elected directly by the people. Term of service is five years.^[2]

Head of the Chuvash Republic
Чăваш Республикин Президенчĕ (Chuvash) Глава Чувашской Республики (Russian)
Flag of the Head of the Republic
Incumbent Oleg Nikolayev since 29 January 2020
Executive branch of the Chuvash Republic
Style	His Excellency Sir (informal)
Type	Governor Head of state Head of government
Residence	Cheboksary
Term length	5 years
Precursor	First Secretary of the Chuvash Communist Party
Formation	17 October 1991[1]
First holder	Nikolay Fyodorov
Website	glava.cap.ru

List of officeholders

No.	Portrait	Name (born–died)	Term of office			Political party		Election	Ref.
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Nikolay Fyodorov (born 1958)	21 January 1994	29 August 2010	18 years, 221 days		Independent	1993 1997 2001
							United Russia	2005
2		Mikhail Ignatyev (1962–2020)	29 August 2010	29 January 2020	9 years, 153 days		United Russia	2010 2015
–		Oleg Nikolayev (born 1969)	29 January 2020	22 September 2020	237 days		A Just Russia — For Truth	—[c]
3			22 September 2020	Incumbent	4 years, 325 days			2020

The latest election for the office was held on 13 September 2020.

Candidates		Party	Votes[3]	%
	Oleg Nikolayev	Independent[d]	386,436	75.61
	Aleksandr Andreyev	Communist Party	52,580	10.29
	Konstantin Stepanov	Liberal Democratic Party	28,180	5.51
	Nikolay Stepanov	Party of Pensioners	18,039	3.53
	Sergey Matveyev	Patriots of Russia	10,870	2.13
Invalid ballots			15,001	2.94
Registered voters			921,397	100
Turnout			511,432	55.51