GOVERNMENT

Bashkortostan is among the early autonomous national republics of modern Russia. The autonomy of Bashkortostan (Bashkurdistan in that date) was proclaimed on November 15, 1917. The Agreement of the Central Soviet Power with the Bashkir Government on the Soviet Autonomous Bashkiria of March 20, 1919, regularized the foundation of Bashkir Soviet Republic. According to the Decree of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee of June 14, 1922, Bashkortostan became the Autonomous Bashkir Socialist Soviet Republic. In the 2nd half of the 1920s Bashkortostan became the Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. According to the Declaration of State Sovereignty of October 11, 1990, Bashkortostan became Bashkir Soviet Socialist Republic and since February 25, 1992, has the current name.

The legal status of the RB is determined by the Constitution of the RF, the Constitution of the RB and other regulatory and legal acts. The highest official is the Head of the RB. The highest representative and only legislative body is the State Assembly–Kurultay of the RB. The highest executive agency is the Government of the RB. The judical authority is represented by the Constitutional Court of the RB, local, federal and magistrate’s courts. Supervision over the implementation of the Constitution of the RF, the Constitution of the RB and the legislation is performed by the Prosecutor’s Office of the RB. Questions of the administrative and territorial system, the order of formation, changes and abolition of administrative-territorial units, the criteria for classifying the republics settlements as urban and rural settlements are regulated by the legislation of the republic. In the RB all forms of ownership are recognized and provided with equal protection. The Republic has its official state symbols, official languages.