Governor of Zabaykalsky Krai

Governor of Zabaykalsky Krai
Coat of Arms of Zabaykalsky Krai
Incumbent Aleksandr Osipov since October 25, 2018
Term length	5 years
Inaugural holder	Ravil Geniatulin
Formation	1996
Website	губернатор.забайкальскийкрай.рф

The Governor of Zabaykalsky Krai (Russian: Губернатор Забайкальского края) is the head of the executive branch of government in Zabaykalsky Krai (former Chita Oblast and Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug).

List of governors

Chita Oblast (1991–2008)

Styled as Head of Chita Oblast Administration before 2005.

#	Portrait	Governor	Tenure	Party
1		Boris Ivanov (born 1941)	5 November 1991 – 1 February 1996	PRES
2		Ravil Geniatulin (born 1955)	1 February 1996 – 1 March 2008	Independent → United Russia

Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug (1991–2008)

#	Portrait	Head	Tenure	Party
1		Gurodarma Tsedashiyev (1948–2015)	26 December 1991 – 13 January 1996	Independent
2		Bolot Ayushiyev (born 1949)	13 January 1996 – 6 February 1997
3		Bair Zhamsuyev (born 1959)	5 March 1997 – 1 March 2008	Independent → United Russia

On 1 March 2008, Zabaykalsky Krai was formed as a new region of the Russian Federation, following a referendum of unification of Chita Oblast and Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug.

Zabaykalsky Krai (2008–)

#	Portrait	Governor	Tenure	Party
(2)		Ravil Geniatulin (born 1955)	1 March 2008 – 1 March 2013	United Russia
3		Konstantin Ilkovsky (born 1964)	1 March – 18 September 2013	A Just Russia
18 September 2013 – 17 February 2016
4		Natalia Zhdanova (born 1964)	18 February – 29 September 2016	United Russia
29 September 2016 – 11 October 2018
-		Aleksandr Kulakov (born 1966)	11 – 25 October 2018
5		Aleksandr Osipov (born 1969)	25 October 2018 – 19 September 2019	Independent
since 19 September 2019

Elections

8 September 2019

Place		Candidate	Party	Votes	%
	1.	Aleksandr Osipov	Self-nominated	248,580	89,61
	2.	Yelena Krauze	Party of Pensioners	9,230	3,33
	3.	Vyacheslav Ushakov	Patriots of Russia	7,173	2,59
	4.	Yana Shpak	Party of Growth	5,739	2,07

18 September 2016

Place		Candidate	Party	Votes	%
	1.	Natalia Zhdanova	United Russia	165,472	54.39
	2.	Nikolay Merzlikin	Communist Party	87,434	28.74
	3.	Anatoly Vershinin	Agrarian Party of Russia	29,694	9.76
	4.	Tagir Aglyamov	Patriots of Russia	10,154	3.34