Aysen Nikolayev
{{Short description|Russian politician}}
{{Family name hatnote|Sergeyevich|Nikolayev|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
{{Infobox president
| name = Aysen Nikolayev
| image = Aysen Nikolaev portrait.jpg
| imagesize =
| order = 4th Head of the Sakha Republic
| term_start = 28 May 2018
| term_end =
| predecessor = Yegor Borisov
| successor =
| office1 = 5th Mayor of Yakutsk
| term_start1 = 15 March 2012
| term_end1 = 28 May 2018
| predecessor1 = Yury Zabolev
| successor1 = Sardana Avksentyeva
| office2 = Minister of Finance of the Sakha Republic
| term_start2 = 29 December 2004
| term_end2 = 31 August 2007
| 1blankname2 = President
| 1namedata2 = Vyacheslav Shtyrov
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1972|1|22}}
| birth_place = Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
| death_date =
| death_place =
| profession =
| religion =
| spouse = Valerievna Nikolayeva
| children = 3
| party = Union of Right Forces→
United Russia
| vicepresident =
| signature =
| website = {{URL|http://aisennikolaev.ru/}}
| alma_mater = Moscow State University
| native_name_lang = ru
| native_name = {{nobold|Айсен Николаев}}
| caption = Official portrait, 2013
}}
Aysen Sergeyevich Nikolayev{{efn|{{langx|ru|Айсен Сергеевич Николаев}}; {{langx|sah|Сэргэй уола Ньукулаайап Айыы Сиэн|Sergey uola Nyukulaayap Ayıı Sien}}}} (born 22 January 1972) is a Russian politician. Since 28 May 2018, he has served as the fourth Head of the Sakha Republic.[http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/57574 Новый глава Республики Саха]
Early life
Nikolayev was born in 1972 in Leningrad, to a family of teachers. He has two brothers and a sister.{{Cite news|url=http://aisennikolaev.ru/|title=Айсен Николаев|access-date=2020-12-18|archive-date=2020-12-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205172108/http://aisennikolaev.ru/|url-status=dead}}
At the age of 16, he graduated from the Verkhnevilyuysk Physics and Mathematics School with a gold medal. Nikolayev entered the MSU Faculty of Physics at the Moscow State University. In 1994 he graduated, and in the same year he graduated from the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration with a degree in Financial Management.{{Cite web |last=Новости |first=Р. И. А. |date=2022-01-22 |title=Биография Айсена Николаева |url=https://ria.ru/20220122/nikolaev-1768687502.html |access-date=2022-12-01 |website=РИА Новости |language=ru}}
Political career
File:Inauguration of Aysen Nikolayev (2018-09-27) 06.jpg
From 1994 to 1995 he headed AOZT SAPI Center. In 1995, Nikolayev became a member of the board of the open joint-stock company Almazergienbank, a commercial bank based in Yakutsk. From 1995 to 1998, he was the deputy chairman of the board of the bank.{{Cite web |date=2022 |title=Алмазные копи Николаевой – жену главы Якутии прокредитовал госбанк? |url=https://iarex.ru/articles/86913.html |website=ИА REX}} From 1997 to 2002, he was a deputy of the second convocation of the upper chamber of the State Assembly of the Sakha Republic from the Olenyoksky District.
From 1998 to 2003, he was the chairman of the board of Almazergienbank, as well as the vice president of LLC FK SAPI. On 2002, he was appointed as a deputy of the 3rd convocation of the State Assembly of Yakutia from the Union of Right Forces party, till 2004. On 2004, he was elected as the Minister of Finance of Yakutia. Nikolayev become the head of the Presidential Administration and Government of Yakutia in 2007. On 18 May 2011, he was appointed First Deputy Chairman of the Government of Yakutia.{{Cite news|url=http://www.mfsakha.ru/index.asp_c=115.html|title=Организационная структура|access-date=2020-12-18|archive-date=2016-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306151244/http://www.mfsakha.ru/index.asp_c=115.html|url-status=dead}}
At the beginning of December 2011, the Yakutsk City Duma appointed the mayoral elections six months earlier - simultaneously with the presidential elections on 4 March 2012, and then on 23 December 2011, Yakutsk Mayor Yuri Zabolev resigned. In January 2012, Aysen Nikolayev was nominated by the United Russia party as a candidate for the mayoral elections in Yakutsk. In the elections held on 4 March 2012, Nikolaev received 47.73% of the votes with a turnout of 69.84%. According to the results of the vote, he was elected head of the administration of the city district of Yakutsk for 5 years.{{Cite news|url=https://news.ykt.ru/article/1714|title=Выборы мэра Якутска назначены!|date=2011-12-12|work=news.ykt.ru|access-date=2020-12-18}}{{Cite news|url=https://ria.ru/20120113/538218598.html|title=За кресло мэра Якутска поборются десять человек|date=2013-01-13|work=ria.ru|access-date=2020-12-18}}
In the spring of 2017, prior to the appointment of the next elections for the mayor of Yakutsk, the Yakut branch of the United Russia party held primaries of candidates for the election of the head of Yakutsk. Aysen Nikolayev scored 86%. In the summer of 2017, he was again nominated as a candidate for mayor of Yakutsk. In the 2017 Russian elections, he received 68.4% of the vote and was elected for a second term.{{Cite news|url=https://tass.ru/politika/4552122|title=Действующий мэр Якутска Айсен Николаев победил на выборах главы города|date=2017-09-11|work=tass.ru|access-date=2020-12-18}}
=Head of the Sakha Republic=
On 28 May 2018, by the Decree of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin, Nikolayev was appointed as the acting Head of the Sakha Republic. On the 2018 Russian elections, he was elected the Head of the Sakha Republic, gaining 71.40% of the votes cast in the elections. On 27 September 2018, he took office as Head of the Sakha Republic.{{Cite news|url=http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/575732|title=Указ "О досрочном прекращении полномочий Главы Республики Саха (Якутия)"|date=2018-05-28|work=kremlin.ru|access-date=2020-12-18}}{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Cite news|url=http://www.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/57573|title=Указ "О досрочном прекращении полномочий Главы Республики Саха (Якутия)"|date=2018-05-28|work=kremlin.ru|access-date=2020-12-18}}
From 2 August 2019 to 27 January 2020, he was the member of the Presidium of the State Council of the Russian Federation.{{Cite news|url=http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/bank/44549|title=Распоряжение Президента Российской Федерации от 02.08.2019 г. № 255-рп|date=2019-08-09|work=kremlin.ru|access-date=2020-12-18}}
He was re-elected in 2023.
International Sanctions
Since July 2022, against the backdrop of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, he has been under sanctions of the British government because he "manages a regional state body of the Russian Federation, which supports or implements actions or policies that undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine."{{Cite web|url=https://www.opensanctions.org/entities/Q15075401/|title=Nikolaev Aisen Sergeevich|access-date=2022-10-08|website=opensanctions.org|date=21 September 1961 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1150217/Russia.pdf |access-date=16 April 2023}} In December 2022, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury added Nikolayev and 28 other governors of the federal subjects of Russia to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List due to their involvement in the enforcement of the conscription of Russian citizens in response to the mobilization order in September 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.state.gov/furthering-the-united-states-effort-to-hold-russia-to-account-for-its-war-against-ukraine/|title=Furthering the United States' Effort to Hold Russia to Account for its War Against Ukraine|newspaper=U.S. Department of State|date=2022-12-15|access-date=2023-04-28}}
Nikolayev also is sanctioned by Canada.
Personal life
Nikolayev is married to Lyudmila Valerievna Nikolayeva. She has worked in executive positions in diamond mining companies since 2005. They have three children.{{Cite web |last=медиа» |first=«Открытые |title=Жена главы Якутии будет зарабатывать на добыче алмазов в республике |url=https://yakutia.info/article/199244 |access-date=2022-12-01 |website=Yakutia.Info |language=ru}}{{Cite web |title=Айсен Николаев |url=https://24smi.org/celebrity/67150-aisen-nikolaev.html |access-date=2022-12-01 |website=24SMI |language=ru}}
Since 2010. Nikolayev has also served as the President of the Equestrian Federation of the Republic of Sakha.{{Cite web |title=Айсен Николаев вновь возглавит федерацию конного спорта Якутии |url=https://yakutia.info/article/173354 |access-date=2022-12-01 |website=Yakutia.Info |language=ru}} He is also the member of the Political Council of the regional branch of United Russia.{{Cite web |title=Утвержден состав Генерального совета "Единой России" {{!}} Приёмная партии ЕДИНАЯ РОССИЯ и Д.А.МЕДВЕДЕВА в Свердловской области |url=http://rop96-er.ru/novosti/federalnye-novosti/utverzhden-sostav-generalnogo-soveta-edinoy-rossii/ |access-date=2022-12-01 |website=rop96-er.ru}}
Awards
- "Honorary Citizen of Yakutsk" (September 10, 2022){{Cite web |date=2022-09-10 |title=Айсену Николаеву присвоено звание "Почетный гражданин города Якутска" |url=https://ysia.ru/ajsenu-nikolaevu-prisvoeno-zvanie-pochetnyj-grazhdanin-goroda-yakutska/ |access-date=2022-12-01 |website=Новости Якутии и Якутска — свежие новости онлайн на сайте ysia.ru — ЯСИА |language=ru-RU}}
- Order of Friendship (March 21, 2022) - for great contribution to the socio-economic development of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia){{Cite web |title=Ulus Media |url=https://ulus.media/ |access-date=2022-12-01 |website=Ulus Media |language=ru}}
- Order of the Holy Prince Alexander Nevsky (January 22, 2022){{Cite web |date=2022-01-23 |title=Айсен Николаев по указу Патриарха Кирилла награжден высшей наградой РПЦ - орденом Александра Невского |url=https://hotu.su/ru/news/20220123/26276.html |access-date=2022-12-01 |website=Новости Якутии}}
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