Radiy Khabirov United Russia Radiy Khabirov United Russia The 2019 Bashkir head election was held on 8 September 2019 in the autonomous republic of Bashkortostan.

The result was a victory for Radiy Khabirov who won 82.02% of the vote.

In early May 2012, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a law returning direct elections for heads of regions to Russia.

On 30 May 2014, he resigned ahead of schedule and was immediately appointed by Russian President Vladimir Putin as the acting president of Bashkortostan and also received permission to participate in the elections.

[6] On 11 October 2018, at the Day of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Khamitov resigned ahead of the elections, citing as a "personal decision" noting that he wouldn't run for re-election.