| Head of the Republic of Crimea | |
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| Executive branch of theRepublic of Crimea | |
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| Residence | Simferopol |
| Nominator | President of the Russian Federation |
| Appointer | State Council |
| Term length | Five years, no more than two consecutive terms |
| Precursor | President of Crimea |
| Formation | 9 October 2014 |
| First holder | Sergey Aksyonov |
| Website | Official website |
| This article is part of a series on the politics and government of |
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| Autonomous Republic of Crimea (withinUkraine, 1991–present) |
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| Republic of Crimea (territory occupied byRussia 2014–present) |
| See also |
| Political status of Crimea Politics of Russia • Politics of Ukraine |
TheHead of the Republic of Crimea is the highest official and the head of the executive power of theRepublic of Crimea; an internationally disputedfederal subject of theRussian Federation located on theCrimean Peninsula.[1]
Crimean Head's policy is to ensure compliance with the Constitution and federal laws and the Constitution and laws of the Republic of Crimea, as well as the equality of nations and the rights and freedoms of man and citizen, and the preservation of the coordinated functioning of state bodies of the Republic. Person under 30 cannot be a head of the Republic.
Term of office is five years. Appointed by the State Council of the Republic on nomination ofPresident of the Russian Federation. Interim Head of the Republic is appointed directly by President.
The current Head of the RepublicSergey Aksyonov was elected in 2014 and re-elected in 2019.
The Crimean Peninsula, historically part ofImperial Russia and lateran Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, wasceded in 1954 to Ukraine, which administered it untilits annexation by Russia in 2014.
Under Ukrainian rule, an equivalent post, namedPresident of the Republic of Crimea (Russian:Президент Республики Крым,romanized: Prezident Respubliki Krym), was provided by the1992 Constitution of the Republic of Crimea (de facto aspecial statute), with jurisdiction over the autonomous city ofSevastopol too.[2] Thefirst presidential elections took place in 1994, won by thepro-RussianseparatistYuriy Meshkov (leader of a coalition named "Russia"), but on 17 March 1995 theUkrainian parliament, as part of a wider process of reduction of the Crimean autonomy, unilaterally abolished both the statute and the post of President of Crimea.[2]
In the immediate aftermath of therevolution of Dignity, on 27 February 2014,Russian special forces without insignia[3] stormed theCrimean parliament. A few hours later, pro-Russian deputySergey Aksyonov came into the parliament, and asked some of the other deputies to come as well. After the deputies summoned by Aksyonov were let in by the Russian soldiers guarding the parliament building, two votes were held. The first one appointed Aksyonov as the new Prime Minister of Crimea, and the second called for a referendum on Crimea's secession from Ukraine. The results for both of these votes were unanimous.[4] One week later, Aksyonov and other deputies held another vote, resulting in an appeal for Russia to annex Crimea.[5]
On 16 March, areferendum on Crimea's status was held, with the results being overwhelmingly in favor of joining Russia. The next day, 17 March 2014, Crimea's newly installed authorities declared independence and requested to join Russia.[6][7]On the same day, Russia recognized the Republic of Crimea as a sovereign state.[8][9][10]
On 18 March, the Crimean authorities signed theaccession treaty to the Russian Federation, thus forming theCrimean Federal District, subsequently merged into theSouthern Federal District.[11][12]
On 11 April, theState Council of the Republic of Crimea consequently ratified anew constitution, providing for the post of Head of the Republic of Crimea, effective from 14 April of the same year.[a]
Under article 62 of theConstitution of the Republic of Crimea, approved by theState Council on 11 April 2014 and entered into force the following day, anyRussian citizen who has reached the age of thirty can take up the post, provided that he has not been subjected to restrictions oncivil and political rights.
Formally ahead of state, the head of the republic is actually agovernor, subordinate to thepresident of the Russian Federation; he oversees theexecutive, and has the right tolegislative initiative in the State Council, which he can also convene exceptionally.
Furthermore, under articles 61–65 of the Constitution, he:
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| No. | Portrait | Name | Political party | Election | Term of office | Prime minister(s) | Ref. | |||
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| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||||
| 1 | .jpg) | Sergey Aksyonov (1972-11-26)26 November 1972 (age 52) | United Russia | —[b] | 14 April 2014[a] | 9 October 2014 | 178 days | Himself | ||
| 2014 | 9 October 2014 | 19 September 2019 | 4 years, 345 days | |||||||
| 2019 | 20 September 2019 | Incumbent | 5 years, 245 days | Yury Gotsanyuk | ||||||
Three candidates were nominated for the election:[13]
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sergey Aksyonov | United Russia | 75 | 100 | |
| Gennady Narayev | United Russia | 0 | 0 | |
| Alexander Terentyev | A Just Russia | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 75 | 100 | ||
| Source:ТАСС | ||||
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Three candidates were nominated for the election:[14]
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sergey Aksyonov | United Russia | 74 | 98.7 | |
| Pavel Shperov | Liberal Democratic Party | 0 | 0 | |
| Sergey Bogatyrenko | Communist Party | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 75 | 100 | ||
| Source:ТАСС | ||||
Only a week after gunmen planted the Russian flag on the local parliament, Aksyonov and his allies held another vote and declared parliament was appealing to Putin to annex Crimea
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