Governor of Irkutsk Oblast
Governor of Irkutsk Oblast | |
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Style | His Excellency |
Seat | Irkutsk |
Appointer | based on the direct election results |
Term length | 5 years |
Formation | 1991 |
First holder | Yury Nozhikov |
Website | Governor of Irkutsk Oblast |
The Governor of Irkutsk Oblast (Russian: Губернатор Иркутской области) is highest official of Irkutsk Oblast. The office of governor of Irkutsk Governorate was established in 1783 as part of the Russian Empire. In 1926, under the Soviet Union, the governorate became part of the newly created Siberian Krai, which lasted until its division in 1930 into and West Siberian Krais. The area of the former Irkutsk Governorate became part of the East Siberian Krai. In 1936 East Siberian Krai was further divided up, and in 1937 the remaining area was split into Chita Oblast and Irkutsk Oblast. Since then Irkutsk Oblast has been an independent federal subject of Russia.
Powers and responsiblities[]
- Promote or rejects the laws passed by the Irkutsk Oblast Duma.
- Submits a reports on the execution of regional budget to the Oblast Duma.
- Submits the draft strategies for the socio-economic development of the oblast and an annual report on the implementation and effectiveness of the state programs of Irkutsk Oblast.
- Attends the meetings of Oblast Duma and submits annual reports on the activity of the Government of Irkutsk Oblast, including the issues raised by the members of Oblast Duma.
- Decides on early termination of the Irkutsk Oblast Duma.
- Determines the structure of state powers of the Irkutsk Oblast in accordance with the charter of Irkutsk Oblast.
- With the coordination with Oblast Duma; He appoints the First Deputy Governor of Irkutsk Province.
- Can dismiss the First Deputy Governor of Irkutsk Oblast.
- Forms the government of Irkutsk Oblast and appoints the Chairman of the Government, First Deputy Chairman of the Government, and the government ministers of Irkutsk Oblast and can also dismissed them.
- Determines the main activities of the Government of Irkutsk Oblast.
- Had a right to call an emergency session of the Irkutsk Oblast Duma.
- Decides the dismissal of the Government of Irkutsk Oblast.
- Appoints a representative of the Government of Irkutsk Oblast to the Federation Council.
- Appoints the position of the Commissioner for the Protection of the Rights of Entrepreneurs of the Irkutsk Oblast.
- Appoints the Prosecutor of Irkutsk Oblast.
- Submits the report to the President of Russia on the performance of the Executive bodies of Irkutsk Oblast.
- Has a right to conduct referendum in Irkutsk Oblast.
- Can dismissed the heads of local administration of Irkutsk Oblast.
- Give titles and awards of the Irkutsk Oblast.
- The Governor of Irkutsk Oblast exercises other powers in accordance with the Constitution of Russia and the Charter of Irkutsk Oblast.
Distribution of duties[]
- Represents the Irkutsk Oblast in relations with federal state authorities, state authorities of other constituent entities of the Russian Federation, other state bodies of the Irkutsk Oblast, local governments and other municipal bodies of the municipal formations of the Irkutsk region, organizations, public associations and citizens, as well as international and foreign economic relations of the Irkutsk Oblast.
- Within the framework of determining the main areas of activity of the Government of the Irkutsk Oblast, issues instructions (instructions) to the First Deputy Governor of the Irkutsk Oblast - the Chairman of the Government of the Irkutsk Oblast, Deputy Governors of the Irkutsk Oblast, Deputy Chairmen of the Government of the Irkutsk Oblast, Ministers of the Irkutsk Oblast (hereinafter - members of the Government of the Irkutsk Oblast).
Term of office[]
Since May 2003 the governor has been elected for a five year term. Prior to this it was a four year term.[1]
Current cabinet[]
All cabinet ministers are appointed by the Governor.
Current cabinet[]
As of March 2020, the cabinet members are as follows:[2]
Kobzev Cabinet | |
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Office | Office-holder |
Governor | Igor Kobzev |
First Deputy Governor | Konstantin Borisovich Zaitsev |
First Deputy Governor | Dmitry Viktorovich Berdnikov |
Deputy Governor | Vladimir Yuryevich Dorofeyev |
Deputy Governor | Andrey Vladimirovich Kozlov |
Deputy Governor | Anatoly Andriyanovich Prokopyev |
Deputy Chairman of the Government | Ruslan Leonidovich Sitnikov |
Deputy Chairman of the Government | Shamil Abdulaevich Baulov |
Deputy Chairman of the Government | Yevgeny Pavlovich Levchenko |
Deputy Chairman of the Government | Valentina Feofanovna Voblikova |
Deputy Chairman of the Government | Teymur Talekhovich Magomedov |
Minister of Property Relations | Marina Alexandrovna Bargazova |
Minister of Culture | |
Minister of Housing, Energy and Transport | |
Minister of Construction and Road Management | Svetlana Dmitrievna Svirkina |
Minister of Finance | Natalia Veniaminovna Boyarinova |
Minister of Forestry | Dmitry Valerevich Petrenev |
Minister of Youth Policy | Yegor Alexandrovich Lukovnikov |
Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology | |
Minister of Social Development | Vladimir Anatolyevich Rodionov |
Minister of Health | Natalia Petrovna Ledyaeva |
Minister of Sports | Ilya Yuryevich Reznik |
Minister of Agriculture | Ilya Pavlovich Sumarokov |
Minister of Labour and Employment | Natalya Vladimirovna Vorontsova |
Minister of Education | Elena Vladimirovna Apanovich |
List of governors since 1991[]
Governor | Party | Tenure | Comments | |||
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Head of Administration of Irkutsk Oblast | ||||||
1 | Yury Nozhikov (1934–2010) |
Civic Union | 19 September 1991 — 27 March 1994 | Appointed by president Boris Yeltsin | ||
Governors of Irkutsk Oblast | ||||||
1 | Yury Nozhikov (1934–2010) |
independent | 27 March 1994 — 25 April 1997 | Elected by popular vote. Resigned from office | ||
— | Vitaly Ivanov (b. 1946) |
independent | 25 April — 8 August 1997 | Acting governor | ||
2 | (b. 1947) |
independent | 21 August 1997 — 26 August 2005 | Elected in 1997, reelected in 2001 | ||
3 | Alexander Tishanin (b. 1966) |
United Russia | 26 August 2005 — 15 April 2008 | Appointed by president Vladimir Putin, approved by the legislature. Resigned from office | ||
— | (1960–2009) |
United Russia | 15 April — 13 December 2008 | Acting governor | ||
4 | 13 December 2008 — 10 May 2009 | Appointed by president Dmitry Medvedev, approved by the legislature. Died in a helicopter crash | ||||
— | (b. 1970) |
United Russia | 10 May — 8 June 2009 | Acting governor | ||
5 | Dmitry Mezentsev (b. 1959) |
United Russia | 8 June 2009 — 18 May 2012 | Appointed by president Dmitry Medvedev, approved by the legislature. Resigned from office | ||
— | (b. 1961) |
United Russia | 18 May — 29 May 2012 | Acting governor | ||
6 | 29 May 2012 — 13 May 2015 | Appointed by president Vladimir Putin, approved by the legislature. Resigned from office to call for an early election | ||||
— | 13 May — 2 October 2015 | Acting governor. Lost election | ||||
7 | Sergey Levchenko (b. 1953) |
Communist Party | 2 October 2015 — 12 December 2019 | by popular vote. Resigned from office | ||
— | Igor Kobzev (b. 1966) |
independent | 12 December 2019 — 18 September 2020 | Acting governor | ||
8 | from 18 September 2020 | Elected by popular vote |
Heads of the region in previous eras[]
Irkutsk Governorate, Russian Empire (1783–1917)[]
# | Governor | Took office | Left office | Comments |
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1. | 1783 | 1787 | Governors General | |
2. | 1787 | 1793 | ||
3. | 1797 | 1798 | Military Governors | |
4. | 1798 | 1800 | ||
5. | 1800 | 1803 | ||
6. | 1803 | 1806 | Governors General of Siberia | |
7. | 1806 | 1819 | ||
8. | Mikhail Mikhailovich Speransky | 1819 | 1822 | |
9. | 1822 | 1835 | Governors | |
10. | 1835 | 1838 | ||
11. | 1838 | 1839 | ||
12. | 1839 | 1848 | ||
13. | 1848 | 1851 | ||
14. | 1851 | 1859 | ||
15. | 1859 | 1862 | ||
16. | 1862 | 1864 | ||
17. | 1864 | 1880 | ||
18. | 1880 | 1882 | ||
19. | 1882 | 1886 | ||
20. | 1886 | 1889 | ||
21. | 1889 | 1897 | ||
22. | 1897 | 1908 | ||
23. | 1908 | 1911 | ||
24. | 1911 | 1913 | ||
25. | 1913 | 1917 |
Soviet Union[]
Siberian Krai (1925–1930)[]
- Robert Eikhe (1925 - 1929)
- Stepan Kuznetsov (1929 - 1930)
East Siberian Krai (1930–1937)[]
- Nikolai Zimin (1930 - 1932)
- (1932 - 1934)
- (1934 - 1937)
Irkutsk Oblast (1937–1991)[]
# | Secretary | Term |
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4. | Aleksandr Shcherbakov | 1937 - 1938 |
5. | 1938 - 1939 | |
6. | 1939 - 1944 | |
7. | 1944 - 1949 | |
8. | 1949 - 1955 | |
9. | 1955 - 1957 | |
10. | 1957 - 1968 | |
11. | 1968 - 1983 | |
12. | 1983 - 1988 | |
13. | 1988 - 1990 | |
14. | 1990 - 1991 |
References[]
- ^ "Irkutsk deputies do not want to be compressed they want to work longer". Kommersant.
- ^ "Government of Irkutsk Oblast". Official site of Irkutsk Oblast.
External links[]
- Governors of Irkutsk Oblast
- Lists of heads of the federal subjects of Russia
- Politics of Irkutsk Oblast