Head of the Udmurt Republic
Highest-ranking official in Udmurtia, Russia
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The position of the Head of the Udmurt Republic[a] is the highest office within the Government of the Udmurt Republic in Russia. The Head is elected by citizens of Russia residing in the republic. Term of service is five years.[1]
NominatorPolitical parties
| Head of the Udmurt Republic | |
|---|---|
| Executive branch of the Udmurt Republic | |
| Style | |
| Type | |
| Residence | Izhevsk |
| Nominator | Political parties |
| Appointer | Direct elections |
| Term length | 5 years |
| Formation | 3 November 2000 |
| First holder | Alexander Volkov |
| Website | Official website |
List
Preceding offices (1990–2000)
Before the presidency was created in 2000, Udmurtia was effectively governed as a parliamentary republic,[2] with speaker of the parliament exercising head of state duties.
| Portrait | Head of state | Term of office | Portrait | Head of government |
Term of office | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valentin Tubylov (born 1935) [b] |
14 April 1990 – 19 April 1995 (lost re-election) |
Nikolay Mironov (1936–1999) [c] |
14 April 1990[3] – 24 June 1993[4] (resigned) |
1990 | ||
| Alexander Volkov (1951–2017) [d] |
24 June 1993 – 19 April 1995 | |||||
| Alexander Volkov (1951–2017) [e] |
19 April 1995[5] – 3 November 2000 |
Pavel Vershinin (born 1949) [d] |
April 1995[5] – 22 April 1999 (was not renominated)[6] |
1995 | ||
| Nikolay Ganza (born 1946) [d] |
22 April 1999[6] – 3 November 2000 |
1999 |
President/Head of the Republic (2000–present)
| No. | Portrait | Name (born–died) |
Term of office | Political party | Elected | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
| 1 | Alexander Volkov (1951–2017) |
3 November 2000 | 19 February 2014 | 13 years, 108 days | United Russia | 2000 2004 2009[f] |
[2][7][8] | ||
| – | Alexander Solovyov (1950–2023) |
19 February 2014 | 22 September 2014 | 215 days | United Russia | –[g] | [9] | ||
| 2 | 22 September 2014 | 4 April 2017 | 2 years, 194 days | 2014 | |||||
| – | Alexander Brechalov (born 1973) |
4 April 2017 | 18 September 2017 | 167 days | Independent | –[g] | [10][11][12] | ||
| 3 | 18 September 2017 | 29 July 2026 | 8 years, 314 days | United Russia | 2017 2022 | ||||
| – | Olga Abramova (born 1981) |
29 July 2026 | Incumbent | 16 days | United Russia | –[g] | [13] | ||
Timeline

Elections
The latest election for the office was held on 10 September 2017[14]
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Brechalov | United Russia | 322,305 | 78.16 % | |
| Vladimir Bodrov | Communist Party | 36,011 | 8.73% | |
| Farid Yunusov | A Just Russia | 19,861 | 4.82% | |
| Timur Yagafarov | Liberal Democratic Party | 13,065 | 3.17% | |
| Andrey Ivanov | Communist Party of Social Justice | 10,296 | 2.50% | |
| Invalid ballots | 10,836 | 2.63% | ||
| Turnout | 412,374 | 34.55% | ||
Notes
- Chairman of the Supreme Soviet.
- Chairman of the Council of Ministers.
- Chairman of the Government.
- Chairman of the State Council.
- Appointed by the President of Russia with the consent of the State Council.
- Acting head of the republic