Mikhail Ignatyev (politician)

Mikhail Vasilyevich Ignatyev (Chuvash: Михал Ваçлин ывăл Йăкăнатьев, Mihal Vaślin yvӑl Jӑkӑnatjev; Russian: Михаи́л Васи́льевич Игна́тьев) (8 January 1962 – 18 June 2020) was a Chuvash politician who served as the Head of the Chuvashia from 2010 to 2020.

Mikhail Vasilyevich Ignatyev
Михаил Васильевич Игнатьев
2nd Head of the Chuvash Republic
In office
29 August 2010 – 29 January 2020
Preceded byNikolay Fyodorov
Succeeded byOleg Nikolayev (Acting)
Personal details
Born(1962-01-08)8 January 1962
Malye Torkhany, Chuvash ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died18 June 2020(2020-06-18) (aged 58)
Saint Petersburg, Northwestern Federal District, Russia
Political partyUnited Russia
EducationChuvash State University
Volga-Vyatka Academy of Public Administration

Early life

Mikhail Vasilyevich Ignatyev was born on 8 January 1962, and graduated from Chuvash State University and Volga-Vyatka Academy of Public Administration.[1]

Career

Politics

From 1996 to 1999, Ignatyev served as the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food of Chuvashia. On January 14, 2002, he was appointed to replace Petr Ivantaev as First Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers by President of Chuvashia Nikolay Fyodorov.[2] On May 6, 2004, he became the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Minister.[1]

Head of Chuvash Republic
Mikhail Ignatyev with President Vladimir Putin

On 28 July 2010, Ignatyev was appointed by the State Council of the Chuvash Republic as President of the Chuvash Republic after being proposed by President Dmitry Medvedev. In the state council 37 deputies voted in favor, five against, and one abstained. He took office on 29 August.[3]

On 1 January 2012, the title of the office was changed to Head of Chuvashia. On 9 June 2015, he was appointed acting head of the republic by President Vladimir Putin and was later elected to a second term with 65.54% of the popular vote on 13 September.[4]

Dismissal

On 18 January 2020, Ignatyev called for the "wiping out" of journalists who criticize the government during a National Press Day speech.[5]

On 23 January, Ignatyev participated in a review of the Cheboksary rescue equipment with Cheboksary's Emergency Response Department head and Chuvashia’s civil defense minister. At a ceremony where the keys to multiple fire engines were presented Ignatyev forced a shorter emergency worker to jump multiple times for the keys.[5]

On January 28, Ignatyev was expelled from United Russia, and on 29 January, President Putin dismissed Ignatyev as Head of the Chuvash Republic and replaced him with Oleg Nikolayev as acting head.[6][7]

Later life

On 20 May 2020, Ignatyev filed a lawsuit against Putin with the Supreme Court of Russia for wrongful dismissal and his lawsuit was accepted on 21 May. The set hearings for the lawsuit were supposed to start on 30 June.[8]

On 27 May, he was hospitalized due to bilateral pneumonia with a large amount of his lungs damaged.[9] On 18 June, Ignatyev died in a Saint Petersburg hospital from heart failure after contracting COVID-19.[10]

References
  1. "New President approved in Chuvashia". 28 July 2010. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020.
  2. "Chuvash Republic. A number of decrees on personnel issues in the Government have been signed". 14 January 2002. Archived from the original on 20 June 2020.
  3. "Cheboksary. Chuvashia. On Sunday, August 29, Mikhail Ignatiev will officially take office as President of Chuvashia". 18 June 2020. Archived from the original on 20 June 2020.
  4. "Ex-head of Chuvashia Mikhail Ignatiev died of coronavirus". Interfax. 18 June 2020. Archived from the original on 20 June 2020.
  5. "Jump for it Russian governor draws criticism for forcing firefighter to leap for keys to new fire-engine". Meduza. 24 January 2020. Archived from the original on 20 June 2020.
  6. "Putin Sacks Russian Governor Over Key-Dangling Video". The Moscow Times. 29 January 2020. Archived from the original on 20 June 2020.
  7. "Putin dismissed the head of Chuvashia "in connection with the loss of confidence"". Interfax. 29 January 2020. Archived from the original on 20 June 2020.
  8. "Scandal-Plagued Ex-Governor Sues Putin for Wrongful Dismissal". The Moscow Times. 27 May 2020. Archived from the original on 20 June 2020.
  9. "Ex-head of Chuvashia Ignatiev hospitalized with bilateral pneumonia". Kommersant. 27 May 2020. Archived from the original on 20 June 2020.
  10. "Ex-Governor Who Sued Putin Dies From Coronavirus – Reports". The Moscow Times. 19 June 2020. Archived from the original on 20 June 2020.
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