Governor of Ryazan Oblast

Governor of Ryazan Oblast
Governor of Ryazan Oblast
	Standard of the Governor
	Incumbent; Pavel Malkov; since 22 September 2022
Seat	Ryazan
Term length	5 years
Inaugural holder	Lev Bashmakov
Formation	1991
Website	www.ryazangov.ru/gubernator/

The governor of Ryazan Oblast (Russian: Губернатор Рязанской области) is the highest official of Ryazan Oblast, a federal subject of Russia. The governor heads the executive branch in the region.

History of office

The office of the Head of Administration of Ryazan Oblast was introduced on 25 September 1991 by the decree of the President of Russia Boris Yeltsin. Lev Poliyevktovich Bashmakov was appointed to the post, who already headed the region in 1988–90 as Chairman of the Executive Committee.^[1]

In December 1996, the first gubernatorial elections were held in the region. Member of the Communist Party Vyacheslav Lyubimov was the winner. The legislative election that followed a few months later also resulted in Communists' success, and Ryazan Oblast became a "red" region for the next 10 years.^[1]

In August 2002, amendments were made to the Charter of Ryazan Oblast: the post of "Head of Administration" was replaced by "Governor", who was also allowed to run for a third term. In 2012, the term of office was extended from four to five years.^[1]

List of officeholders

No.	Governor		Tenure	Election
1	Lev Bashmakov (1938–2018)	Independent	25 September 1991 – 25 January 1994	none
2	Gennady Merkulov (1940–2015)	Our Home – Russia	25 January 1994 – 15 October 1996	none
Between 15 October 1996 and 6 January 1997 Igor Ivlev served as acting governor.
3	Vyacheslav Lyubimov (born 1947)	CPRF	6 January 1997 – 12 April 2004	1996 2000
4	Georgy Shpak (born 1943)	Rodina	12 April 2004^[2] – 12 April 2008	2004
5	Oleg Kovalyov (1948–2020)	United Russia	12 April 2008 – 10 July 2012	2008^[3]
Between 10 July 2012 and 19 October 2012 Oleg Kovalyov served as acting governor.^[4]
(5)	Oleg Kovalyov (1948–2020)	United Russia	19 October 2012 – 14 February 2017	2012^[5]
Between 14 February 2017 and 18 September 2017 Nikolay Lyubimov served as acting governor.^[6]
6	Nikolay Lyubimov (born 1971)	United Russia	18 September 2017^[7] – 10 May 2022	2017
Between 10 May 2022 and 22 September 2022 Pavel Malkov served as acting governor.
7	Pavel Malkov (born 1980)	Independent	since 22 September 2022	2022