The president of Volkia is both the head of state and head of government of the Volkian Federative Republic . The position was established after the Volkian monarchy was abolished in 1888, and is directly elected every four years. An amendment to the Volkian Constitution passed in 1975 prohibits presidents from serving more than two terms. Presidents are elected with their vice presidents on the last Wednesday in October and inaugurated on the second Wednesday of the following January.
List of officeholders (1888 - present)
Nonpartisan Conservative Party (Volkian Conservatives (1895-1972) ) Liberal Party Socialist Labor League Social Democratic Union
No.
Name
Elected
Took Office
Left Office
Vice President
Political Party
1
Aleksey Elmirovich Zukov (1830-1904)
1888 1892
January 9, 1889
January 13, 1897
Konstantin Danilovich Yakushev (1827-1898)
Nonpartisan
2
Vasily Semyonovich Tolmachyov (1835-1906)
1896 1900
January 13, 1897
January 11, 1905
Boris Mikhailovich Permyakov (1838-1912)
Volkian Conservatives
3
Gennady Andreyev Malinovsky (1845-1914)
1904
January 11, 1905
January 13, 1909
Igor Vasileyevich Rafikov (1853-1923)
Liberal Party
4
Nikita Borisovich Kharlamov (1855-1926)
1908 1912
January 13, 1909
January 10, 1917
Zakhar Alexandrovich Shapovalov (1849-1920)
Volkian Conservatives
5
Semyon Yuriovich Vorobyov (1863-1942)
1916
January 10, 1917
January 12, 1921
Grigori Lazarevich Travkin (1859-1934)
Socialist Labor League
6
Boris Yakovlevich Engovatov (1858-1932)
1920
January 12, 1921
January 14, 1925
Vyacheslav Pavelovich Tatarinov (1869-1942)
Volkian Conservatives
7
Stefan Zakharovich Gurkovsky (1873-1960)
1924 1928 1932
January 14, 1925
January 13, 1937
Mikhail Mikhailovich Vernadsky (1875-1949)
Liberal Party
8
Artur Dmitrievich Churkin (1880-1939)
1936
January 13, 1937
October 22, 1939
Ivan Danilovich Ogarkov (1882-1959)
Liberal Party
9
Ivan Danilovich Ogarkov(1882-1959)
1940 1944
October 22, 1939
January 12, 1949
Abram Stanislavovich Khalturin (1884-1967)
Liberal Party
10
Viktor Viktorovich Dyatlov (1892-1966)
1948
January 12, 1949
January 14, 1953
Yakov Filippovich Gagolin (1889-1958)
Socialist Labor League
11
Anton Sergeyevich Kozintsev (1896-1983)
1952 1956
January 14, 1953
January 11, 1961
Sergei Ivanovich Uglov (1892-1974)
Liberal Party
12
Matvei Andreivich Lukyanov (1903-1987)
1960 1964 1968
January 11, 1961
July 4, 1971(resigned)
Mikhail Alexeyevich Yurevich (1910-1992)
Volkian Conservatives
13
Mikhail Alexeyevich Yurevich(1910-1992)
-
July 4, 1971
January 10, 1973
Position vacant until January 10, 1973
Volkian Conservatives
14
Alexander Stepanovich Polivanov (1920-2001)
1972 1976
January 10, 1973
January 14, 1981
Yuri Grigoryevich Yemelin (1914-1988)
Social Democratic Union
15
Fyodor Arkhipovich Krikalyov (1931-1986)
1980
January 14, 1981
January 9, 1985
Alexei Ivanovich Bliznetsov (born 1930)
Social Democratic Union
16
Alexei Ivanovich Bliznetsov (born 1930)
1984 1988
January 9, 1985
January 13, 1993
Valentin Petrovich Sabitov (1925-2006)
Social Democratic Union
17
Konstantin Abramovich Ramazanov (born 1941)
1992 1996
January 13, 1993
January 10, 2001
Feodor Romanovich Drugov (born 1934)
Social Democratic Union
18
Artyom Isaakovich Avilov (born 1950)
2000 2004
January 10, 2001
January 14, 2009
Nikolay Yakovlevich Obrosov (born 1948)
Social Democratic Union
19
Zakhar Alexivich Kreskov (born 1956)
2008 2012
January 14, 2009
January 11, 2017
Andrei Vladimirovich Borovsky (born 1954)
Social Democratic Union
20
Yuliya Dmitrova Surkova (born 1970)
2016 2020
January 11, 2017
Incumbent
Vladimir Artyomovich Burmakin (born 1965)
Social Democratic Union
Living former Presidents
As of September 2020, there are four living Presidents of Volkia. The most recent death of a former President was that of Alexander Stepanovich Polivanov (1973 - 1981), on February 9, 2001.
Presidents who died in office
President
Term in office
Date of death
Notes
Artur Dmitrievich Churkin
1937 - 1939
October 22, 1939
He is the only President to die while in office.