Succeeded by Alexander Tkachyov Succeeded by Yuri Kalmykov Education Kazan Federal University | Name Nikolay Fyodorov | |
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Preceded by Vladimir Abolentsev (under RSFSR) Children Vasily Fyodorov, Karina Fyodorova Similar People Mintimer Shaimiev, Yury Luzhkov, Sergey Shoygu |
Nikolay Vasilyevich Fyodorov (Russian: Никола́й Васи́льевич Фёдоров, Chuvash: Фёдоров Николай Васильевич, Fyodorow Nikolay Wasilyewich; born 9 May 1958 in Chedino, Chuvash ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former President of the Chuvash Republic in Russia. He has been the minister of agriculture since 21 May 2012 until April 2015. Previously, he was the justice minister of Russia from 14 July 1991 to 24 March 1993, and was the President of Chuvash Republic from 21 January 1994 to August 2010. He was a supporter of market reforms and was reelected in 1998 and 2001.

Fyodorov opposed Russian President Boris Yeltsin's policies in Chechnya and Vladimir Putin's 2000 federal reform initiatives.
He is an ethnic Chuvash. He is married and has one son and a daughter. His son Vasily is a lawyer. In addition to his native Chuvash, he speaks Russian and German.