The head of the Republic of Ingushetia (, formerly president of the Republic of Ingushetia) is the highest office within the Government of Ingushetia, Russia. The head is elected by Parliament of Ingushetia. Term of service is five years.Constitution of the Republic of Ingushetia, Article 65.
History On 4 June 1992, the Supreme Soviet of Russia adopted Act No. 2927-1 "On the formation of the Ingush Republic within the Russian Federation".On the formation of the Ingush Republic within the Russian Federation, Law of the Russian Federation dated June 04, 1992 No. 2927-1 Checheno-Ingushetia was officially divided into Ingushetia and Chechnya. On 2 November 1992, by the presidential decree, a state of emergency was introduced on the territory of the future Ingushetia and the Provisional Administration was created.
On February 28, 1993, elections of the President of the Ingush Republic were held, at which only one candidate was participating, Major General Ruslan Aushev. Having received the support of 99.94% of the voters, he became the first president of Ingushetia. On March 7, the inauguration of the first President of Ingushetia took place in the House of Culture of Nazran. On December 29, 2001, Aushev announced his early resignation.
On April 7, 2002, early presidential elections were held in the Republic of Ingushetia. Eight candidates applied for this post, but none of them received more than 50% of the vote. On April 28, 2002, Murat Zyazikov was elected in the second round with 53,15%. In 2004, at the initiative of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin, the elections of governors were canceled in favor of appointment of President's suggested candidates by the regional legislatures.
Since January 1, 2011, the position has been renamed from "President of the Republic of Ingushetia" to "Head of the Republic of Ingushetia". On June 1, 2012, a federal law came into force providing for the return of direct gubernatorial elections in Russia. On April 2, 2013, five months before the expected elections in Ingushetia, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law according to which the regions were given the right to independently determine the procedure for electing a head of the region. On May 7, members of the People's Assembly of Ingushetia voted to abolish direct elections of the head of the republic.The parliament of Ingushetia has canceled direct elections for the head of the republic
List Portrait Name Term of office Political party Election Took office Left office Time in office President of Ingushetia (1993–2010) 1 Ruslan Aushev 7 March 1993 28 December 2001 Independent 199319941998 – Akhmed Malsagov 28 December 2001 23 May 2002 Independent – 2 Murat Zyazikov 23 May 2002 30 October 2008 Independent 20022005 3 Yunus-bek Yevkurov 30 October 2008 3 July 2009 United Russia 2008 – Rashid Gaisanov 3 July 2009 12 August 2009 United Russia – (3) Yunus-bek Yevkurov 12 August 2009 31 December 2010 United Russia – Head of Ingushetia (2011–present) (3) Yunus-bek Yevkurov 1 January 2011 5 July 2013 United Russia – – 5 July 2013 8 September 2013 – (3) 8 September 2013 26 June 2019 20132018 – Mahmud-Ali Kalimatov 26 June 2019 8 September 2019 United Russia — 4 8 September 2019 Incumbent 20192024
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