# Head of the Komi Republic

Heads of the Komi Republic (Russian: Глава Республики Коми; Komi: Коми республикаса Юралысь) is the highest official of the Komi Republic, an autonomous region of Russia. The position was introduced in 1994. In previous years, from the establishment of the multi-party system in 1990, the Supreme Council of the Komi Republic was the highest authority, and its chairman acted as head of state. In 2012, term of office was increased from four to five years.

## List of the Heads

Below is a list of the Heads of the Komi Republic:
| No. | Portrait | Name (born–died) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Political party | Elected | Ref. |
| No. | Portrait | Name (born–died) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Political party | Elected | Ref. |
| 1 | | Yury Spiridonov (1938–2010) | 7 June 1994 | 15 January 2002 | 7 years, 222 days | | Independent | 1994 1997 | |
| 2 | | Vladimir Torlopov (born 1949) | 15 January 2002 | 15 January 2006 | 8 years, 0 days | | Independent | 2001 |
| 2 | | Vladimir Torlopov (born 1949) | 15 January 2006 | 15 January 2010 | 8 years, 0 days | | United Russia | – | |
| 3 | | Vyacheslav Gayzer (born 1966) | 15 January 2010 | 14 January 2014 | 3 years, 364 days | | United Russia | – | |
| – | | Vyacheslav Gayzer (born 1966) | 14 January 2014 | 19 September 2014 | 248 days | – | United Russia | |
| (3) | | Vyacheslav Gayzer (born 1966) | 19 September 2014 | 30 September 2015 | 1 year, 11 days | 2014 | United Russia | |
| – | | Sergey Gaplikov (born 1970) | 30 September 2015 | 22 September 2016 | 358 days | | United Russia | – | |
| 4 | | Sergey Gaplikov (born 1970) | 22 September 2016 | 2 April 2020 | 3 years, 193 days | 2016 | United Russia | |
| – | | Vladimir Uyba (born 1958) | 2 April 2020 | 23 September 2020 | 174 days | | Independent | – | |
| 5 | | Vladimir Uyba (born 1958) | 23 September 2020 | 5 November 2024 | 4 years, 43 days | | United Russia | 2020 |
| – | | Rostislav Goldstein (born 1969) | 5 November 2024 | Incumbent | 59 days | | United Russia | |

## Election results
### Last election

Last election for the post was held on 13 September 2020.
| Candidates | Party | Votes | % |
| Vladimir Uyba | Independent, supported by United Russia | 145,058 | 73.18 |
| Andrey Nikitin | Liberal Democratic Party | 21,463 | 10.83 |
| Sergey Ponomaryov | Communist Party of Social Justice | 11,355 | 5.73 |
| Victor Betekhtin | Green Alternative | 11,315 | 5.71 |
| Turnout: | Turnout: | 198,490 | 30.16 |

### 2016 elections

The 2016 elections were held on election day 18 September.
| Candidates | Party | Votes | % |
| Sergey Gaplikov | United Russia | 174,567 | 62.17 |
| Ivan Filipchenko | Liberal Democratic Party | 29,579 | 10.53 |
| Leonid Musinov | Communist Party | 29,122 | 10.37 |
| Vyacheslav Popov | A Just Russia | 27,896 | 9.93 |
| Andrey Pyatkov | Patriots of Russia | 7,115 | 2.53 |
| Turnout: | Turnout: | 281,141 | 40.67 |

### 2014 elections

The 2014 elections were held on election day 14 September.
| Candidates | Party | Votes | % |
| Vyacheslav Gayzer | United Russia | 324,439 | 78.97 |
| Andrey Andreyev | Communist Party | 28,147 | 6.85 |
| Mikhail Bragin | Liberal Democratic Party | 28,141 | 6.85 |
| Ilya Velichko | A Just Russia | 12,342 | 3.00 |
| Evgeny Vologin | Right Cause | 10,048 | 2.45 |
| Turnout: | Turnout: | 411,611 | 59.06 |

### 2001 elections

The 2001 elections were held on 16 December.
| Candidates | Party | Votes | % |
| Vladimir Torlopov | Independent | 146,934 | 39.75 |
| Yury Spiridonov | Independent | 129,078 | 34.92 |
| Leonid Musinov | Communist Party | 23,032 | 6.23 |
| Alexander Nekrasov | Liberal Democratic Party | 8,523 | 2.31 |
| Mikhail Kodanev | Independent | 7,429 | 2.01 |
| Ivan Ruban | Unity | 5,925 | 1.60 |
| Leonid Kochanov | Independent | 1,728 | 0.47 |
| Against all | Against all | 35,652 | 9.64 |
| Turnout: | Turnout: | – | 48.34 |

### 1997 elections

The 1997 elections were held on 30 November.
| Candidates | Party | Votes | % |
| Yury Spiridonov | Independent | – | 57.19 |
| Rita Chistokhodova | Communist Party | – | 19.83 |
| Vasily Kuznetsov | Independent | – | 9.17 |
| Vyacheslav Krusser | Beer Lovers Party | – | 1.86 |
| Valery Zlobin | Liberal Democratic Party | – | 1.86 |
| Against all | Against all | – | 5.43 |
| Turnout: | Turnout: | – | 48.30 |

### 1994 elections

The 1994 elections were held on 8 May.
| Candidates | Party | Votes | % |
| Yury Spiridonov | Independent | – | 50.98 |
| Vyacheslav Khudyaev | Communist Party | – | 33.14 |
| Alexander Gladkov | Independent | – | 8.39 |
| Valery Markov | Independent | – | 3.79 |
| Turnout: | Turnout: | – | 36.80 |