Oleg Nikolayev (politician)

Oleg Nikolayev
Олег Николаев
Nikolayev in 2016
3rd Head of the Chuvash Republic
Incumbent
Assumed office 29 January 2020 Acting until 22 September 2020
Preceded by	Mikhail Ignatyev
Chairman of the Committee for Nationalities Affairs of the State Duma of the VII convocation
In office 22 January 2020 – 29 January 2020
Preceded by	Ildar Gilmutdinov
Succeeded by	Valery Gazzayev
Member of the State Duma
In office 18 September 2016 – 29 January 2020
Personal details
Born	Oleg Alekseyevich Nikolayev (1969-12-10) 10 December 1969 (age 54) Cherbay, Russia, Soviet Union
Political party	A Just Russia (since 2007)

Oleg Alekseyevich Nikolayev (Russian: Олег Алексеевич Николаев; born on 10 December 1969), is a Russian statesman, politician, and economist who is currently the Head of the Chuvash Republic since 22 September 2020. He is the chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Chuvash Republic since 6 February 2020, and a member of the Central Council of the A Just Russia party since 2020.

Nikolayev is a former member of the State Duma from 2016 to 2020. He was also the chairman of the State Duma Committee on Ethnic Affairs (from 22 January to 29 January 2020). He has been placed on the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List by the United States.^[1]