Editing Sakha Republic (section)

==Politics==
[[File:Russia Day in Mirny, Sakha Republic 20.JPG|thumb|[[Russia Day]] celebrations in [[Mirny, Sakha Republic|Mirny]], June 12, 2014.]]

The head of government in Sakha is the Head (previously President). The first [[Head of the Sakha Republic]] was [[Mikhail Nikolayev|Mikhail Yefimovich Nikolayev]].<ref>{{Cite book|chapter-url=http://sakha.gov.ru/main.asp?c=4115|title=Члены Совета Федерации Федерального Собрания РФ |chapter=Михаил Ефимович НИКОЛАЕВ |publisher=Government of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) |access-date=February 18, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111050353/http://sakha.gov.ru/main.asp?c=4115|archive-date=November 11, 2007}}</ref> As of 2021, the head is [[Aysen Nikolayev]], who took office on May&nbsp;28, 2018.

The supreme legislative body of state authority in Sakha is a unicameral State Assembly known as the ''Il Tumen''.  The government of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic is the executive body of state authority.

The republic fosters close cultural, political, economic, and industrial relations with the independent Turkic states through membership in organizations such as the [[Turkic Council]] and the [[Joint Administration of Turkic Arts and Culture]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.todayszaman.com/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?load=detay&newsId=259275&link=259275|title=Turkey seeks to institutionalize relations with Turkic republics – Today's Zaman, your gateway to Turkish daily news|publisher=Todayszaman.com|date=October 9, 2011|access-date=February 25, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014233821/http://www.todayszaman.com/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?load=detay&newsId=259275&link=259275|archive-date=October 14, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.turkishweekly.net/columnist/3540/turkey-and-the-turkic-republics-is-there-a-new-vision-.html |title=Turkey and the Turkic Republics: Is There a New Vision? |access-date=May 10, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120103034927/http://www.turkishweekly.net/columnist/3540/turkey-and-the-turkic-republics-is-there-a-new-vision-.html |archive-date=January 3, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yakutiatoday.com/region/foreign.shtml |title=Foreign Relations of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) |publisher=YakutiaToday.Com |date=January 1, 2008|access-date=February 25, 2014}}</ref>