The Head of the Sakha Republic (Russian: Глава Республики Саха (Якутия), romanized: Glava Respubliki Sakha (Yakutia); Yakut: Саха Өрөспγγбγлγкэтин Ил Дархана; Ил Дархан, romanized: Saxa Öröspüübülüketin İl Darxana; İl Darxan) is the highest office in the Sakha Republic.

The chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Yakut ASSR Mikhail Nikolayev won with 76.7% of the vote.

Nikolayev was reelected in 1996 and succeeded by his former vice president Vyacheslav Shtyrov in January 2002.

Five years later Shtyrov's appointment for second term which was proposed by President Vladimir Putin was approved by the State Assembly of Yakutia.

After his resignation in May 2010 President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev appointed prime minister of the region Yegor Borisov as acting president.