The Head of the Republic of Karelia (Russian: Глава Республики Карелия) is the highest-ranking official of the Republic of Karelia, a federal subject of Russia. Since the fall of the Soviet Union, four people have served as heads of the republic.
List of officeholders
| No. | Portrait | Name (born–died) |
Term of office | Political party | Election | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
| Chairman of the Supreme Council (1990–1994) | |||||||||
| 1 | 
|
Viktor Stepanov (born 1947) |
18 April 1990 | 17 May 1994 | 4 years, 29 days | Independent | – | ||
| Chairman of the Government (1994–2002) | |||||||||
| 1 |
|
Viktor Stepanov (born 1947) |
17 May 1994 | 1 June 1998 | 4 years, 15 days | Independent | – | ||
| 2 | 
|
Sergey Katanandov (born 1955) |
1 June 1998 | 12 May 2002 | 3 years, 345 days | Fatherland – All Russia | – | ||
| Head of the Republic (2002–present) | |||||||||
| 2 |
|
Sergey Katanandov (born 1955) |
12 May 2002 | 30 June 2010 | 8 years, 49 days | United Russia | – | ||
| 3 | 
|
Andrey Nelidov (born 1957) |
1 July 2010 | 22 May 2012 | 1 year, 326 days | United Russia | – | ||
| 4 | 
|
Aleksandr Hudilainen (born 1956) |
22 May 2012 | 15 February 2017 | 4 years, 269 days | United Russia | – | ||
| 5 | 
|
Artur Parfenchikov (born 1964) |
15 February 2017 | Incumbent | 7 years, 365 days | United Russia | – | ||
References
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| Krais | |
| Oblasts |
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| Autonomous oblast | |
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