Ramazan Abdulatipov became the head of Dagestan

The Parliament of Dagestan chose Ramazan Abdulatipov by the head of the republic with secret vote, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the presidential envoy to the North Caucasus Federal District Alexander Khloponin. 86 deputies out of 88 voted for Abdulatipova.

On August 19, President Vladimir Putin nominated three candidates for the posts of heads of the region for consideration by the Dagestan People’s Assembly . In addition to the acting The heads of the republic, the candidates of the head of the Accounts Chamber of the region, Malika Baglieva and Republican Ombudsman, Ummupazil Omarova, were proposed.

In April, the People’s Assembly of Dagestan adopted a law on the rejection of direct elections of the president of the region. For refusing direct elections, 74 deputies voted, against 9, 2 supporters of the popular elections were abstained by representatives of the Patriots of Russia and the Communist Party. Unicorns, Socialist -Revolutionaries and members of the "right business" spoke out for the appointment of the president of the region.

Dagestan became the first subject of the Federation to take advantage of the right to refuse to elect the head of the region as a popular vote. The law on the right of regions to choose whether to leave them direct elections of governors or enter the procedure for the election of the head of the subject through the regional legislative assembly entered into force on April 2 .

In January 2013, President of Dagestan Magomedsalam Magomedov was dismissed . I.O. The President was appointed deputy of the State Duma of Unicorn Abdulatipov. In anticipation of his appointment, Vedomosti, citing the Kremlin source, wrote that the unicorn would not have problems in the presidential election.

Earlier on Sunday, deputies of the People’s Assembly of Ingushetia almost unanimouslyre-elected the head of the republic Yunus-Bek Evkurov . Ingushetia is the second region that abandoned the direct elections of the head.