Governor of Leningrad Oblast

Governor of Leningrad Oblast
Coat of arms of Leningrad Oblast
since May 28, 2012
SeatSaint Petersburg
Term lengthFive years, renewable once
Inaugural holderAlexander Belyakov
Formation1991
WebsiteGovernment of Leningrad Oblast

The Governor of Leningrad Oblast (Russian: Губернатор Ленинградской области) is the head of executive branch for the Leningrad Oblast, considered as Prime Minister of Leningrad Oblast.

The office of Governor is an elected position, for which elected officials serve four year terms. While individual politicians may serve as many terms as they can be elected to, Governors cannot be elected to more than two consecutive terms.

The official residence for the Governor is located in Saint Petersburg. The current Governor is Aleksandr Drozdenko, who assumed office on May 11, 2012.

List of office-holders

No. Portrait Governor Tenure Party Election
1 Alexander Belyakov
(born 1945) 		20 October 1991 – 3 October 1996 Independent
2 Vadim Gustov
(born 1948) 		3 October 1996 – 21 September 1998 1996
— Valery Serdyukov
(born 1945) 		21 September 1998 – 19 September 1999
Acting governor 		1999

2003

2007

3 19 September 1999 – 28 May 2012 United Russia
4 Aleksandr Drozdenko
(born 1964) 		since 28 May 2012 2012

2015

2020[1]

Chairmen of Executive Committee of Leningrad Oblast (1927–1991)

Further information: Leningrad Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
  1. Nikolai Komarov / Fyodor Sobinov (1927–1930)
  2. Ivan Kodatsky (1930–1931)
  3. Fyodor Tsarkov (1931—1932)
  4. Pyotr Strouppe (1932–1936)
  5. Alexey Grichmanov (1936–1937)
  6. Pyoter Tyurkin (1937)
  7. Anton Nikitin (1937)
  8. Nikolai Solovyov (1938–1946)
  9. Ilya Kharitonov (1946–1948)
  10. Ivan Dmitriev (1948–1950)
  11. Ivan Petrov (1950–1952)
  12. Vladimir Ponomaryov (1952–1954)
  13. Georgiy Vorobyov (1954–1957)
  14. Nikolay Smirnov (1957–1961)
  15. Grigoriy Kozlov (1961–1963, 1964–1968)
  16. Vasily Sominich (1963–1964) / Boris Popov (1963–1964)
  17. Alexander Shibalov (1968–1980)
  18. Ratmir Bobovikov (1980–1983)
  19. Nikolai Popov (1983–1989)
  20. Yury Yarov (1989–1991)

Elections

The latest election for the office was held on 13 September 2015

Candidates Party Votes %
Alexander Gabitov Civic Platform 11,298 1.97
Aleksandr Drozdenko United Russia 471,145 82.10
Nikolay Kuzmin Communist Party of the Russian Federation 40,068 6.98
Andrey Lebedev Liberal Democratic Party of Russia 23,937 4.17
Alexander Perminov A Just Russia 17,302 3.02

References

  1. ^ "Дрозденко вступил в должность губернатора Ленинградской области" [Drozdenko took office as Governor of Leningrad Oblast]. TASS (in Russian). 2020-09-17.