Head of the Republic of Buryatia

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 is the head of state and government.^[1] Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, three people have served in this position.

Head of the Republic of Buryatia
Буряад Уласай Толгойлогшо (Buryat) Глава Республики Бурятия (Russian)
Standard of the head of Buryatia
Incumbent Alexey Tsydenov since 8 February 2017
Executive branch of the Republic of Buryatia
Style	His Excellency The Honorable
Type	Governor Head of state Head of government
Residence	Ulan-Ude
Term length	5 years, renewable
Precursor	First Secretaries of the Communist Party of Buryatia
Formation	1 July 1994
First holder	Leonid Potapov
Website	Official website

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.	Portrait	Name (born–died)	Term of office			Political party		Election	Ref.
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Leonid Potapov (1935–2020)	1 July 1994	10 July 2007	13 years, 9 days		Communist Party of the Russian Federation	1994 1998
							Independent	2002
2		Vyacheslav Nagovitsyn (born 1956)	10 July 2007	7 February 2017	9 years, 212 days		United Russia	—[b]
–		Alexey Tsydenov (born 1976)	7 February 2017	10 September 2017	184 days		United Russia	—[c]
3			1 October 2019	Incumbent	8 years, 14 days			2017

Timeline

Notes

1. Russian: Глава Республики Бурятия, romanized: Glava Respubliki Buryatiya; Buryat: Буряад Уласай Толгойлогшо, romanized: Buryaad Ulasay Tolgoylogsho
2. Appointed by president, approved by the People's Khural.
3. Acting.