Head of the Republic of Tuva

The Head of the Republic of Tuva (formerly known as the President of the Republic of Tuva) is the highest office within the Republic of Tuva in Russia. The Head is Head of State and Head of Government of Tuva. The Head is elected by citizens of Russia residing in the republic. Term of service is five years.^[1][2]

Head of the Republic of Tuva
Тыва Республиканың баштыңы (Tuvan) Глава Республики Тыва (Russian)
Incumbent Vladislav Khovalyg since 7 April 2021
Executive branch of the Republic of Tuva
Style	His Excellency The Honorable
Type	Governor Head of state Head of government
Member of	Great Khural of Tuva
Seat	Kyzyl
Nominator	Political parties
Appointer	Direct elections
Term length	5 years
Formation	19 March 1990
First holder	Sherig-ool Oorzhak
Website	Official website

List

No.	Portrait	Name (born–died)	Term of office			Political party		Elected	Ref.
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Sherig-ool Oorzhak (born 1942)	15 March 1992	6 April 2007	15 years, 22 days		Communist Party of the Russian Federation	1992 1997 2002
–		Sholban Kara-ool (born 1966)	6 April 2007	18 May 2007	42 days		United Russia	–[a]
2			18 May 2007	23 March 2016	8 years, 310 days	2007 2012
–			23 March 2016	22 September 2016	152 days	–[a]
(2)			22 September 2016	7 April 2021	4 years, 228 days	2016
–		Vladislav Khovalyg (born 1967)	7 April 2021	28 September 2021	143 days		United Russia	–[a]
3			28 September 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 356 days	2021

The latest election for the office was held on 17-19 September 2021

Candidates	Party	Votes	%
Vladimir Chesnokov	Communists of Russia	4,204	2.57
Andrey Sat	Party of Growth	3,312	2.02
Vladislav Khovalyg	United Russia	142,159	86.81
Choygana Seden-ool	Communist Party of the Russian Federation	6,623	4.04
Aylanmaa Kan-ool	The Greens	5,617	3.43

Timeline

Notes

1. Acting head of the republic