Aysen Nikolayev
Aysen Sergeyevich Nikolayev (, ; born 22 January 1972) is a Russian politician of Yakut ethnicity. Since 28 May 2018, he has served as the fourth Head of the Sakha Republic. Early life. Nikolayev was born on 1972 in Leningrad, to a family of teachers. He has two brothers and a sister. At the age of 16, he graduated from the Verkhnevilyuysk Physics and Mathematics School with a gold medal. Nikolayev entered the MSU Faculty of Physics at the Moscow State University. In 1994 he graduated, and in the same year he graduated from the Russian Presidential Academy of National  Economy and Public Administration with a degree in Financial Management. Political career. From 1994 to 1995 he headed AOZT SAPI Center. In 1995, Nikolayev became a member of the board of the open joint-stock company Almazergienbank, a commercial bank based in Yakutsk. From 1995 to 1998, he was the deputy chairman of the board of the bank. From 1997 to 2002, he was a deputy of the second convocation of the upper chamber of the State Assembly of the Sakha Republic from the Olenyoksky District. From 1998 to 2003, he was the chairman of the board of Almazergienbank, as  well as the vice president of LLC FK SAPI. On 2002, he was appointed as a deputy of the 3rd convocation of the State Assembly of Yakutia from the Union of Right Forces party, till 2004. On 2004, he was elected as the Minister of Finance of Yakutia. Nikolayev become the head of the Presidential Administration and Government of Yakutia in 2007. On May 18, 2011, he was appointed First Deputy Chairman of the Government of Yakutia. At the beginning of December 2011, the Yakutsk City Duma appointed the mayoral elections six months earlier - simultaneously with the presidential elections on  March 4, 2012, and then on December 23, 2011, Yakutsk Mayor Yuri Zabolev resigned. In January 2012, Aysen Nikolayev was nominated by the United Russia party as a candidate for the mayoral elections in Yakutsk. In the elections held on March 4, 2012, Nikolaev received 47.73% of the votes with a turnout of 69.84%. According to the results of the vote, he was elected head of the administration of the city district of Yakutsk for 5 years. In the spring of 2017, prior to the appointment of the next elections for the mayor of Yakutsk, the Yakut branch of the  United Russia party held primaries of candidates for the election of the head of Yakutsk. Aysen Nikolayev scored 86%. In the summer of 2017, he was again nominated as a candidate for mayor of Yakutsk. In the 2017 Russian elections, he received 68.4% of the vote and was elected for a second term. Head of the Sakha Republic. On May 28, 2018, by the Decree of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin, Nikolayev was appointed as the acting Head of the Sakha Republic. On the 2018 Russian elections, he was elected the Head of the Sakha Republic, gaining 71.40% of  the votes cast in the elections. On September 27, 2018, he took office as Head of the Sakha Republic. From August 2, 2019 to January 27, 2020, he was the member of the Presidium of the State Council of the Russian Federation. Personal life. Nikolayev is married to Lyudmila Valerievna Nikolayeva. They have three children. Nikolayev also serves as the President of the Equestrian Federation of the Republic of Sakha. He is also the member of the Political Council of the regional branch of United Russia.