vicepresident predecessor successor birth_place party birth_date order term_start image article_title term_end name
? '' office created '' vyacheslav shtyrov oktёmtsy , ussr , ordzhonikidze district , yakut assr , rsfsr communist party of the russian federation 13 november 1937 1st president of the republic of sakha 20 december 1991 nikolaevme.jpg mikhail nikolayev
 21 january 2002 mikhail nikolayev
mikhail nikolayev

mikhail yefimovich nikolayev -lrb- ; born 1937 -rrb- , was the president of the sakha republic from 1991 to january 2002 .
he was succeeded by vyacheslav shtyrov .
he graduated from the omsk state veterinary institute in 1961 .
he was awarded : order for merit to the fatherland 2nd class order for merit to the fatherland 3rd class order for merit to the fatherland 4th class order of the red banner of labour order of friendship of peoples jubilee medal `` in commemoration of the 100th anniversary since the birth of vladimir il ` ich lenin '' medal `` for construction of the baikal-amur railway '' miner 's glory medal
