Head of the Komi Republic explained

Heads of the Komi Republic (ru|Глава Республики Коми; kv|Коми республикаса Юралысь) 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	1994 1997
2		Vladimir Torlopov	15 January 2002	15 January 2006			Independent	2001
			15 January 2006	15 January 2010			United Russia	–	[1]
3		Vyacheslav Gayzer	15 January 2010	14 January 2014			United Russia	–
–			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	Incumbent

Election results

Last election

Last election for the post was held on 13 September 2020.

Candidates	Party	Votes	%
Vladimir Uyba	Independent, supported by United Russia	145,058	73.18
Andrey Nikitin	Liberal Democratic Party	21,463	10.83
Sergey Ponomaryov	Communist Party of Social Justice	11,355	5.73
Victor Betekhtin	Green Alternative	11,315	5.71
Turnout:		198,490	30.16

2016 elections

The 2016 elections were held on election day 18 September.

Candidates	Party	Votes	%
Sergey Gaplikov	United Russia	174,567	62.17
Ivan Filipchenko	Liberal Democratic Party	29,579	10.53
Leonid Musinov	Communist Party	29,122	10.37
Vyacheslav Popov	A Just Russia	27,896	9.93
Andrey Pyatkov	Patriots of Russia	7,115	2.53
Turnout:		281,141	40.67

2014 elections

The 2014 elections were held on election day 14 September.

Candidates	Party	Votes	%
Vyacheslav Gayzer	United Russia	324,439	78.97
Andrey Andreyev	Communist Party	28,147	6.85
Mikhail Bragin	Liberal Democratic Party	28,141	6.85
Ilya Velichko	A Just Russia	12,342	3.00
Evgeny Vologin	Right Cause	10,048	2.45
Turnout:		411,611	59.06

2001 elections

The 2001 elections were held on 16 December.^[2]

Candidates	Party	Votes	%
Vladimir Torlopov	Independent	146,934	39.75
Yury Spiridonov	Independent	129,078	34.92
Leonid Musinov	Communist Party	23,032	6.23
Alexander Nekrasov	Liberal Democratic Party	8,523	2.31
Mikhail Kodanev	Independent	7,429	2.01
Ivan Ruban	Unity	5,925	1.60
Leonid Kochanov	Independent	1,728	0.47
Against all		35,652	9.64
Turnout:		–	48.34

1997 elections

The 1997 elections were held on 30 November.

Candidates	Party	Votes	%
Yury Spiridonov	Independent	–	57.19
Rita Chistokhodova	Communist Party	–	19.83
Vasily Kuznetsov	Independent	–	9.17
Vyacheslav Krusser	Beer Lovers Party	–	1.86
Valery Zlobin	Liberal Democratic Party	–	1.86
Against all		–	5.43
Turnout:		–	48.30

1994 elections

The 1994 elections were held on 8 May.

Candidates	Party	Votes	%
Yury Spiridonov	Independent	–	50.98
Vyacheslav Khudyaev	Communist Party	–	33.14
Alexander Gladkov	Independent	–	8.39
Valery Markov	Independent	–	3.79
Turnout:		–	36.80

Sources

• From the history of elections of the Head of the Komi Republic

Notes and References

1. Web site: History of elections and appointments of the head of the Komi Republic. ru. 2020-09-11. TASS.
2. https://komiinform.ru/news/115914/ How it was: the last gubernatorial elections 13 years ago