Governor of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug

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Governor of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Coat of Arms of Chukotka.svg
Coat of arms of Chukotka
Губернатор Чукотского автономного округа Роман Копин.jpg
Incumbent
Roman Kopin
since 24 July 2008
ResidenceAnadyr
Term length5 years
Inaugural holderAleksandr Nazarov
Formation1991
Websiteчукотка.рф

The governor of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug (Russian: Губернатор Чукотского автономного округа) is the chief executive of Chukotka, an autonomous region in the Russian Far East.

History of office[]

On 11 November 1991 Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Council of Deputies of Chukotka Aleksandr Nazarov was appointed Head of Administration of the autonomy by Russian president Boris Yeltsin. During Nazarov administration, there was a sharp decline in industrial production, most of the miner settlements were liquidated. The population of Chukotka decreased from nearly 164,000 people in 1989 to 54,000 in 2002. In 2000, during Nazarov's reelection campaign, he was summoned for interrogation by the Federal Tax Police Service. Shortly after he withdrew his candidacy.[1]

Nazarov was succeeded by Roman Abramovich, a Russian oligarch and member of the 3rd State Duma from the Chukotka constituency. According to media reports, he invested a lot of his own funds in the development of the region and improving the living standards of the local population.[2] Abramovich asked president Putin to accept his resignation at least two times: in December 2006, and in the fall of 2007, but these attempts were unsuccessful.[3] He resigned in July 2008 and was succeeded by Roman Kopin, former head of Bilibinsky District.[4]

List of office-holders[]

No. Governor Party Tenure Comments
1 Alexander Nazarov.jpg Aleksandr Nazarov
(b. 1951) 		ind. 11 November 1991 – 22 December 1996 Appointed by president Boris Yeltsin
22 December 1996 – 24 December 2000 Elected by popular vote[5]
2 Abramovich Chukotka (cropped).jpg Roman Abramovich
(b. 1966) 		ind. 17 January 2001 – 21 October 2005 Elected by popular vote
21 October 2005 – 3 July 2008 Appointed by president Vladimir Putin, approved by the Duma
3 Губернатор Чукотского автономного округа Роман Копин.jpg Roman Kopin
(b. 1974) 		UR 3–24 July 2008 Acting governor
24 July 2008 – 23 July 2013 Appointed by president Dmitry Medvedev, approved by the Duma[6]
23 July – 24 September 2013 Acting governor
24 September 2013 – 8 October 2018 by popular vote
from 8 October 2018 Re-elected[7]

References[]

  1. ^ "Начальник Чукотки оказался замаранным" [The head of Chukotka turned out to be soiled] (in Russian). pravda.ru. 2000-10-25. Retrieved 2013-10-09.
  2. ^ "Любимый олигарх Кремля" [Kremlin's favorite oligarch]. Gazeta.ru (in Russian). 2006-12-25.
  3. ^ "Абрамович просит прекратить его полномочия" [Abramovich asks to terminate his powers]. vesti.ru (in Russian). 2006-12-20.
  4. ^ ""Человек отработал, выполнил свою миссию"" [The man has worked off, he fullfilled his mission]. Gazeta.ru (in Russian). 2008-07-03.
  5. ^ Gubernatorial elections — 1996, politika.su
  6. ^ "Р. Копин вступил в должность губернатора Чукотки" [R. Kopin took office as Governor of Chukotka] (in Russian). 2008-07-24. Archived from the original on 2015-06-23. Retrieved 2015-06-04.
  7. ^ "Роман Копин официально вступил в должность губернатора Чукотки" [Roman Kopin officially took office as Governor of Chukotka]. Regnum (in Russian). 2018-10-08.
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