Dagestan Parliament Elects Fedor Shchukin Head
The Parliament of Dagestan elected Fedor Shchukin as the head of the republic in a secret vote on October 15, following his appointment as acting head in May. He received 78 votes and will serve a five-year term.
Consensus
- The Parliament of Dagestan elected Fedor Schukin as the head of the republic.
- The election took place on October 15.
- Fedor Schukin was previously serving as acting head of the republic since May.
- Schukin received 78 votes in a secret ballot.
- The term of office is five years.
- Two other candidates received four votes each, and one ballot was invalid.
- Sergei Melikov resigned as head of Dagestan in May, and Vladimir Putin accepted his resignation.
Points of divergence
- Sergei Melikov had been in office since October 2021. — vm
- Melikov commented on rumors of his resignation in mid-April, referencing a quote from a Soviet film. — vm
Coverage (3 sources)
- Parliament of Dagestan elected Fedor Shchukin as head of the republic — Вечерняя Москва
- Parliament of Dagestan elected Fedor Shchukin as head of the region — Коммерсантъ
- Parliament of Dagestan elected Fedor Shchukin as head of the republic, reports TASS correspondent. — ТАСС (Telegram)
Key entities
- Fedor Shchukin
- Dagestan
- TASS
- RIA Novosti
- Republic of Dagestan
- Shchukin Fedor Vyacheslavovich
- Artur Israpilov