Head of the Luhansk People's Republic

The Head of the Luhansk People's Republic (Russian: Глава Луганской Народной Республики, romanized: Glava Luganskoy Narodnoy Respubliki) is the highest elected official of the Luhansk People's Republic, a partially recognised state[1] backed by Russia, located on the territory of Luhansk Oblast (province) in eastern Ukraine. According to the Constitution, the Head of the people's republic is the head of state and has executive power.

Head of the Luhansk People's Republic
Глава Луганской Народной Республики
Flag of the Luhansk People's Republic
Incumbent
Leonid Pasechnik
since 21 November 2018
SeatLuhansk
AppointerDirect election
Term lengthFive years,
one consecutive re-election
Formation18 May 2014
First holderValery Bolotov
DeputySergey Kozlov

Elections

Elections of the Head of the Luhansk People's Republic are carried out on the basis of universal, equal and direct suffrage by secret ballot for a period of five years. The head of the Luhansk People’s Republic is a citizen of the LPR who does not have foreign citizenship, is not younger than 30 years old, has the right to vote. The same person cannot be the Head of the Luhansk People’s Republic for more than two consecutive terms.[2]

The head of the Luhansk People’s Republic cannot be a member of public associations, cannot be a deputy of the Parliament of the Luhansk People’s Republic, and cannot occupy any other positions in state and public structures, business entities.

List
  •   Acting
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Political party Elected Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
– Gennadiy Tsypkalov
(1973–2016)
Acting		 13 May 2014 17 May 2014 4 days Peace for Lugansk Region – [3]
1 Valery Bolotov
(1970–2017)		 18 May 2014 14 August 2014 88 days Independent – [4]
2 Igor Plotnitsky
(born 1964)		 14 August 2014 4 November 2014 82 days Peace for Lugansk Region – [5]
4 November 2014 24 November 2017 3 years, 20 days 2014
3 Leonid Pasechnik
(born 1970)		 24 November 2017 21 November 2018 362 days Peace for Lugansk Region
United Russia		 – [6]
21 November 2018 Incumbent 3 years, 163 days 2018

See also
Politics of the Luhansk People's Republic
Constitution
Legislature
Executive
Judiciary
  • Supreme Court
  • General Prosecutor
Administrative divisions
Elections
Foreign policy
See also

References
  1. "Russia recognises Ukraine separatist regions as independent states". BBC News. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  2. "Constitution of Luhansk People's Republic". Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  3. Ex-premier of LPR Tsypkalov has committed suicide (Экс-премьер ЛНР Цыпкалов совершил самоубийство) Archived 2018-09-09 at the Wayback Machine. News at Mail.ru (Interfax). 24 September 2016
  4. "Ukraine fighting: Rebel official resigns; shells fall on Donetsk". CNN. 14 August 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  5. Ukraine rebel region's security minister says he is new leader , Reuters (24 November 2017)
    Separatist Leader In Ukraine's Luhansk Resigns Amid Power Struggle, Radio Free Europe (24 November 2017)
  6. Former SBU agent, whom Yushchenko gave a medal. Who is the new leader of "LPR" (Бывший СБУшник, которому дал медаль Ющенко. Кто такой новый главарь "ЛНР"). Espreso.tv. 24 November 2017
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