Aysen Sergeyevich Nikolayev (, ; born 22 January 1972) is a Russian politician of Yakut ethnicity. Since 28 May 2018, he has served as the fourth Head of the Sakha Republic.
Early life
Nikolayev was born on 1972 in Leningrad, to a family of teachers. He has two brothers and a sister.
At the age of 16, he graduated from the Verkhnevilyuysk Physics and Mathematics School with a gold medal. Nikolayev entered the MSU Faculty of Physics at the Moscow State University. In 1994 he graduated, and in the same year he graduated from the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration with a degree in Financial Management.
Political career
