Deputies of Dagestan's People's Assembly (parliament) on Thursday elected Sergey Melikov, who has been in charge of the region since October 2020, to head the republic, a TASS correspondent reports from a parliamentary session.
82 out of 90 deputies of the People's Assembly voted for Melikov.
"Sergey Alimovich Melikov was elected the head of the Republic of Dagestan," said Artur Israpilov, chairman of the counting commission.
According to regional legislation, the head of Dagestan is elected by deputies of the republic's parliament from among the candidates nominated by the head of state on the proposal of parties represented in the State Duma and the People's Assembly of the republic. On September 20, president Vladimir Putin presented three candidates for the post of the head of Dagestan: the acting head of the republic Sergey Melikov (put forward by the party "United Russia"), Samir Abdulkhalikov (CPRF) a member of the electoral committee, and Kamil Davdiyev ("Fair Russia - For Truth") a member of the People's Assembly since September 2021 and deputy chairman of the Republican Parliament. Two deputies voted for Davdiyev and two more voted for Abdulkhalikov.
Addressing the deputies of the National Assembly, Melikov thanked them for their trust and support.
"The confidence of the president of the country and the support of the People's Assembly is a powerful resource for solving the painful problems of Dagestan and bringing it to the trajectory of sustainable and dynamic development. The wise Dagestani people have always made crucial decisions on the way to establishing and strengthening their statehood. As I am assuming the post of the head of the republic, I understand that I am becoming part of this chronicle, I am aware of my enormous responsibility before all our multinational people," said the elected head of the republic.
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Based on materials from TASS