Mikhail Ignatyev

Mikhail Vasilyevich Ignatyev (, Mihal Vaślin yvӑl Jӑkӑnatjev; ; 8 January 1962 – 18 June 2020) was a Russian politician who served as the Head of the Chuvashia from 2010 to 2020.

Early life Mikhail Vasilyevich Ignatyev was born on 8 January 1962, and graduated from Chuvash State University and Volga-Vyatka Academy of Public Administration.

Career Politics From 1996 to 1999, Ignatyev served as the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food of Chuvashia. On 14 January 2002, he was appointed to replace Petr Ivantaev as First Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers by President of Chuvashia Nikolay Fyodorov. On 6 May 2004, he became the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Minister.

On 1 January 2012, the title of the office was changed to Head of Chuvashia. On 9 June 2015, he was appointed acting head of the republic by President Vladimir Putin and was later elected to a second term with 65.54% of the popular vote on 13 September.

Dismissal On 18 January 2020, Ignatyev called for the "wiping out" of journalists who criticize the government during a National Press Day speech.

On 23 January, Ignatyev participated in a review of the Cheboksary rescue equipment with Cheboksary's Emergency Response Department head and Chuvashia's civil defense minister. At a ceremony where the keys to multiple fire engines were presented Ignatyev forced a shorter emergency worker to jump multiple times for the keys.

Later life On 20 May 2020, Ignatyev filed a lawsuit against Putin with the Supreme Court of Russia for wrongful dismissal and his lawsuit was accepted on 21 May. The set hearings for the lawsuit were supposed to start on 30 June.

On 27 May, he was hospitalized due to bilateral pneumonia with a large amount of his lungs damaged. On 18 June, Ignatyev died in a Saint Petersburg hospital from heart failure after contracting COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia.