What is Mikhail Ignatyev (politician)?
{{Infobox officeholder |name=Mikhail Vasilyevich Ignatyev<br/>Михаил Васильевич Игнатьев |nationality=[[Chuvash people|Chuvash]] |image=Mikhail Ignatyev (2013-10-30).jpg |order=2nd [[Head of the Chuvash Republic]] |term_start=29 August 2010 |term_end=29 January 2020 |predecessor=[[Nikolay Fyodorov (politician)|Nikolay Fyodorov]] |successor= [[Oleg Nikolayev]] (Acting) |birth_date={{Birth date|1962|1|8|df=y}} |birth_place=[[Cheboksarsky District|Malye Torkhany]], [[Chuvash ASSR]], [[Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]] |death_date={{Death date and age|2020|6|18|1962|1|8|df=y}} |profession=[[Lawyer]] |death_place=[[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russia]] |spouse= |party=[[United Russia]] |vicepresident= }} '''Mikhail Vasilyevich Ignatyev''' ({{lang-cv|Михал Ваçлин ывăл Йăкăнатьев}}, ''Mihal Vaślin yvӑl Jӑkӑnatjev''; {{lang-ru|Михаи́л Васи́льевич Игна́тьев}}) (8 January 1962 – 18 June 2020) was a [[Chuvash people|Chuvash]] politician. In 2010, he became the [[Head of the Chuvash Republic|Head]] of the [[Chuvash Republic]]. On 29 January 2020, Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]] fired Ignatyev and replaced him with Oleg Nikolayev as acting head.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsru.com/russia/29jan2020/ignatiev.html|title=Putin dismissed the head of Chuvashia, Mikhail Ignatiev, in connection with a loss of confidence|date=2020-01-29|language=ru|website=NewsRU|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref> Ignatyev died on 18 June 2020 after being hospitalized with [[COVID-19]] in [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russia]], aged 58.<ref>{{cite web |title=Экс-глава Чувашии Михаил Игнатьев умер от коронавируса |url=https://www.interfax.ru/russia/713807 |website=Interfax.ru |access-date=18 June 2020 |language=ru |date=18 June 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ignatvey, Mikhail}} [[Category:1962 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia]] [[Category:Russian politicians]] [[Category:Chuvash Republic]] {{bio-stub}}