Head of the Republic of Kalmykia

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Head of the Republic of Kalmykia
Хальмг Таңһчин Толһач (Oirat) Глава Республики Калмыкия (Russian)
Standard for the Head the Republic
Incumbent Batu Khasikov since 20 March 2019
Executive branch of the Republic of Kalmykia
Style	His Excellency The Honorable
Type	Governor Head of state Head of government
Term length	5 years, renewable
Formation	23 April 1993
First holder	Kirsan Ilyumzhinov
Website	Official website

The Head of Kalmykia is an elected official who serves as the head of state of Kalmykia. Since the fall of the Soviet Union, three people have served as Heads of the Republic.

List of officeholders

Soviet Socialist Republic of Kalmykia

Name	Took office	Left office
Vladimir Basanov	1990	1992
Ilya Bugdayev	1992	23 April 1993

Republic of Kalmykia

No.	Portrait	Name (born–died)	Term of office			Political party		Election	Ref.
No.	Portrait	Name (born–died)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party		Election	Ref.
President (1993–2005)
1		Kirsan Ilyumzhinov (born 1962)	23 April 1993	24 October 2005	12 years, 184 days		Independent
1		Kirsan Ilyumzhinov (born 1962)	23 April 1993	24 October 2005	12 years, 184 days		United Russia
Head of the Republic (2005–present)
1		Kirsan Ilyumzhinov (born 1962)	24 October 2005	24 October 2010	5 years, 0 days		United Russia
2		Aleksey Orlov (born 1961)	24 October 2010	20 March 2019	8 years, 147 days		United Russia
3		Batu Khasikov (born 1980)	20 March 2019	Incumbent	5 years, 275 days		United Russia

The latest election for the office was held on 14 September 2014

Candidates	Party	Votes	%
Pyotr Vyshkvarok	Liberal Democratic Party of Russia	4,064	3.14
Khongor Marilov	Greens	3,917	3.02
Nikolay Nurov	Communist Party of the Russian Federation	10,702	8.26
Aleksey Orlov	United Russia	107,368	82.89

References

Russian Administrative divisions

v t e Heads (governors) of federal subjects of Russia
Republics	Adygea Altai Bashkortostan Buryatia Chechnya Chuvashia Crimea Dagestan Donetsk Ingushetia Kabardino-Balkaria Kalmykia Karachay-Cherkessia Karelia Khakassia Komi Lugansk Mari El Mordovia North Ossetia–Alania Sakha Tatarstan Tuva Udmurtia
Krais	Altai Kamchatka Khabarovsk Krasnodar Krasnoyarsk Perm Primorsky Stavropol Zabaykalsky
Oblasts	Amur Arkhangelsk Astrakhan Belgorod Bryansk Chelyabinsk Irkutsk Ivanovo Kaliningrad Kaluga Kemerovo Kherson Kirov Kostroma Kurgan Kursk Leningrad Lipetsk Magadan Moscow Murmansk Nizhny Novgorod Novgorod Novosibirsk Omsk Orenburg Oryol Penza Pskov Rostov Ryazan Sakhalin Samara Saratov Smolensk Sverdlovsk Tambov Tomsk Tula Tver Tyumen Ulyanovsk Vladimir Volgograd Vologda Voronezh Yaroslavl Zaporozhye
Federal cities	Moscow Saint Petersburg Sevastopol
Autonomous oblast	Jewish
Autonomous okrugs	Chukotka Khanty-Mansi Nenets Yamalo-Nenets
Claimed by Ukraine and considered by most of the international community to be part of Ukraine Administratively subordinated to Tyumen Oblast Administratively subordinated to Arkhangelsk Oblast

v t e Heads of the Republic of Kalmykia
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov (1993—2010) Aleksey Orlov (2010—2019) Batu Khasikov (2019—present)

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