Head of Mari El

Head of the Mari El Republic
Марий Эл Республикын Вуйлатышыже (Meadow Mari) Глава Республики Марий Эл (Russian)
Standard of the head of the republic
Incumbent Yury Zaitsev since 10 May 2022
Executive branch of the Mari El Republic
Style	His Excellency The Honorable
Type	Governor Head of state Head of government
Appointer	Direct elections
Term length	5 years;
Formation	24 December 1991
First holder	Vladislav Zotin
Website	Official website

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 24 December 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 1 January 2015. The position of President of Mari El Republic was renamed to Head (Vuylatyshyzhe in Mari) in June 2011.

Since 10 May 2022 the Head of the Mari El Republic is Yury Zaitsev.^[1]

List of Heads of the Mari El Republic

No.	Portrait	Name (born–died)	Term of office			Political party		Elected	Ref.
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Vladislav Zotin (born 1942)	24 December 1991	5 January 1997	5 years, 12 days		Communist Party
2		Vyacheslav Kislitsyn (born 1948)	5 January 1997	14 January 2001	4 years, 9 days		Communist Party
3		Leonid Markelov (born 1963)	14 January 2001	6 April 2017	16 years, 82 days		Liberal Democratic Party
							United Russia
–		Alexander Yevstifeyev (1958–2024)	6 April 2017	21 September 2017	168 days		United Russia	–[a]
4			21 September 2017	10 May 2022	4 years, 231 days			2017
–		Yury Zaitsev (born 1970)	10 May 2022	23 September 2022	136 days		United Russia	–[a]
5			23 September 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 101 days

Elections

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

Candidates		Party	Votes	%
	Alexander Yevstifeyev	United Russia	208,855	88.27
	Albert Fyodorov	Liberal Democratic Party	11,982	5.06
	Natalia Glushenko	A Just Russia	8,232	3.48
	Valentina Zlobina	Party of Pensioners	4,159	1.76
Source: Сводная таблица результатов выборов

Note

1. Acting head of the republic

References

1. Gorshkova, Elena (10 May 2022). "Acting governor appointed in protest region of Russia". URA (in Russian). Retrieved 10 May 2022.

• Russian Administrative divisions