Governor of Kaliningrad Oblast

Governor of Kaliningrad Oblast
Seal of Kaliningrad Oblast
Incumbent Anton Alikhanov since 6 October 2016
Residence	Kaliningrad
Term length	Four years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Yuri Matochkin 1991
Formation	1946 as Chairman of Executive Committee of Kaliningrad Oblast
Website	Government of Kaliningrad Oblast

The Governor of Kaliningrad Oblast (Губернатор Калининградской области) is the head of executive branch for the Kaliningrad Oblast (former Königsberg, East Prussia), considered as Prime Minister of Kaliningrad 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 Kaliningrad. The current Governor is Anton Alikhanov, who assumed office on 6 October 2016.

Chairmen of the Kaliningrad Oblast Executive Committee (1947–91)[]

Since the creation of Kaliningrad Oblast in 1946 and until the spring of 1990, the Kaliningrad Regional Committee of the Communist Party had the leading role in its government. The committee was led by:

1. Vasily Borisov (May 1947 – April 1948)
2. Alexey Yegorov (April 1948 – December 1951)
3. Zahar Slaykovsky (December 1951 – May 1962)
4. Yakov Prushinsky (May 1962 – March 1966)
5. Vladimir Vitkovsky (May 1966 – May 1983)
6. Vasily Loginov (June 1983 – April 1987)
7. Yuri Malinkin (April 1987 – September 1991)

List of governors[]

#	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes
1		Yuri Matochkin	25 September 1991	20 October 1996	independent	Lost re-election
2		Leonid Gorbenko	20 October 1996	8 December 2000	Our Home – Russia	Lost re-election
3		Vladimir Yegorov	8 December 2000	28 September 2005	United Russia
4		Georgy Boos	28 September 2005	27 September 2010	United Russia	Appointed by president
5		Nikolay Tsukanov	28 September 2010	28 July 2016	United Russia	Appointed 2010, elected 2015. Resigned
—		Yevgeny Zinichev	28 July 2016	6 October 2016	independent	Acting governor
—		Anton Alikhanov	6 October 2016	9 September 2017	United Russia	Acting governor
6			29 September 2017	Incumbent		Elected

Elections[]

The latest election for the office was held on 10 September 2017

External links[]

• Government of Kaliningrad Oblast in Russian