Head of Mari El

Head of the Mari El Republic
Coat of arms of Mari El
Incumbent Alexander Yevstifeyev since September 21, 2017 (2017-09-21)
Government of the Mari El Republic
Style	Mr. President (1991 to June 2011) Head (June 2011 to present) (Mari: Вуйлатышыже, Vuylatyshyzhe) (Russian: Глава, Glava)
Member of	Government of the Mari El Republic
Appointer	Direct popular vote
Term length	Five years
Formation	24 December 1991

The Head of the Republic of Mari El (formerly President of Mari El Republic) is the highest executive position in the Mari El Republic, a federal subject of the Russian Federation.

The first President of Mari El Republic was Vladislav Zotin when the position was created on December 24, 1991, two days before dissolution of the Soviet Union, replacing the First Secretary of the Mari Communist Party, the equivalent position of the Mari ASSR before it was succeeded by the Mari El Republic. The status and powers of the President were determined by Chapter 4 of the Constitution of the Mari El Republic. In December 2010, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a law that forbade calling the heads of federal subjects as "president", and must bring their constitutions or statutes in conformity with the law before January 1, 2015. The position of President of Mari El Republic was renamed to Head (Vuylatyshyzhe in Mari) in June 2011.

Since 6 April 2017 the Head of the Mari El Republic is Aleksandr Yevstifeyev.

List of Heads of the Mari El Republic

Row		Portait	Name	Party	Took office	Left office
1			Vladislav Zotin	Communist Party	24 December 1991	5 January 1997
2			Vyacheslav Kislitsyn	Communist Party	5 January 1997	14 January 2001
3			Leonid Markelov	Liberal Democratic Party ↓ United Russia	14 January 2001	6 April 2017
4			Alexander Yevstifeyev	United Russia	6 April 2017	21 September 2017
					21 September 2017	Incumbent

Elections

The latest election for the office was held on 10 September 2017

Note

References

• Russian Administrative divisions