Heads of the Komi Republic (; ) 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.
List of the Heads Below is a list of the Heads of the Komi Republic:
Portrait Name Term of office Political party Elected Took office Left office Time in office 1 Yury Spiridonov 7 June 1994 15 January 2002 Independent 19941997 2 Vladimir Torlopov 15 January 2002 15 January 2010 Independent20012005 United Russia 3 Vyacheslav Gayzer 15 January 2010 14 January 2014 United Russia 2010 – 14 January 2014 19 September 2014 – (3) 19 September 2014 30 September 2015 2014 –Sergey Gaplikov 30 September 2015 22 September 2016 United Russia – 4 22 September 2016 2 April 2020 2016 – Vladimir Uyba 2 April 2020 23 September 2020 Independent – 5 23 September 2020 5 November 2024 United Russia 2020 – Rostislav Goldstein 5 November 2024 30 September 2025 United Russia – 6 30 September 2025 Incumbent 2025
Timeline
Election results Last election Last election for the post was held on 13 September 2020. CandidatesPartyVotes%Vladimir UybaIndependent, supported by United Russia145,05873.18Andrey NikitinLiberal Democratic Party21,46310.83Sergey PonomaryovCommunist Party of Social Justice11,3555.73Victor BetekhtinGreen Alternative11,3155.71Turnout:198,49030.16
2016 elections The 2016 elections were held on election day 18 September. CandidatesPartyVotes%Sergey GaplikovUnited Russia174,56762.17Ivan FilipchenkoLiberal Democratic Party29,57910.53Leonid MusinovCommunist Party29,12210.37Vyacheslav PopovA Just Russia27,8969.93Andrey PyatkovPatriots of Russia7,1152.53Turnout:281,14140.67
2014 elections The 2014 elections were held on election day 14 September. CandidatesPartyVotes%Vyacheslav GayzerUnited Russia324,43978.97Andrey AndreyevCommunist Party28,1476.85Mikhail BraginLiberal Democratic Party28,1416.85Ilya VelichkoA Just Russia12,3423.00Evgeny VologinRight Cause10,0482.45Turnout:411,61159.06
2001 elections The 2001 elections were held on 16 December. CandidatesPartyVotes%Vladimir TorlopovIndependent146,93439.75Yury SpiridonovIndependent129,07834.92Leonid MusinovCommunist Party23,0326.23Alexander NekrasovLiberal Democratic Party8,5232.31Mikhail KodanyovIndependent7,4292.01Ivan RubanUnity5,9251.60Leonid KochanovIndependent1,7280.47Against all35,6529.64Turnout:369,67048.34
1997 elections
The 1997 elections were held on 30 November. A proposition to hold a snap election was made by incumbent head of the republic, Yury Spiridonov, concerned about possible low voter turnout during the summer. The Communist Party officially supported member of the State Council Vasily Kuznetsov, although many local party chapters decided to endorse independent State Duma member Rita Chistokhodova. CandidatesPartyVotes%Yury SpiridonovIndependent215,62057.19Rita ChistokhodovaIndependent/Communist Party (local)74,75719.83Vasily KuznetsovCommunist Party (federal)34,5879.17Vyacheslav KrusserBeer Lovers Party7,0081.86Valery ZlobinLiberal Democratic Party2,9430.78Mikhail Kodanyov (withdrew)Honour and Homeland 0 0.00Against all20,4725.43Invalid ballots21,6475.74Turnout:377,03448.30
1994 elections The 1994 elections were held on 8 May. CandidatesPartyVotes%Yury SpiridonovIndependent–50.98Vyacheslav KhudyaevCommunist Party–33.14Alexander GladkovIndependent–8.39Valery MarkovIndependent–3.79Turnout:–36.80
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References
Sources From the history of elections of the Head of the Komi Republic