Governor of Leningrad Oblast

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Governor of Leningrad Oblast
Coat of arms of Leningrad Oblast.svg
Coat of arms of Leningrad Oblast
Alexander Drozdenko.jpg
Incumbent
Aleksandr Drozdenko
since May 28, 2012
ResidenceSaint Petersburg
Term lengthFive years, renewable once
Inaugural holderAlexander Belyakov
Formation1991
WebsiteGovernment of Leningrad Oblast

The Governor of Leningrad Oblast (Russian: Губернатор Ленинградской области) is the head of executive branch for the Leningrad Oblast, considered as Prime Minister of Leningrad 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 Saint Petersburg. The current Governor is Aleksandr Drozdenko, who assumed office on May 11, 2012.

List of office-holders[]

No. Portrait Governor Party Tenure
1 Alexander Belyakov.jpg Alexander Belyakov
(b. 1945) 		Independent 20 October 1991 – 3 October 1996
Head of Administration
2 Густов Вадим Анатольевич.jpg Vadim Gustov
(b. 1948) 		Independent 3 October 1996 – 21 September 1998
3 Serdyukov.jpg Valery Serdyukov
(b. 1945) 		Independent 21 September 1998 – 19 September 1999
Acting governor
19 September 1999 – 21 September 2003
United Russia 21 September 2003 – 9 July 2007
9 July 2007 – 28 May 2012
4 Александр Дрозденко (28-07-2021) (cropped).jpg Aleksandr Drozdenko
(b. 1964) 		United Russia 28 May 2012 – 30 September 2015
30 September 2015 – 17 September 2020
from 17 September 2020[1]

Chairmen of Executive Committee of Leningrad Oblast (1927–1991)[]

Further information: Leningrad Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
  • Nikolai Komarov / Fyodor Sobinov (1927-1930)
  • Ivan Koatskiy (1930-1931)
  • Fyodor Czarkov (1931—1932)
  • Pyotr Strouppe (1932-1936)
  • Alexey Grichmanov (1936-1937)
  • Pyoter Tyurkin (1937)
  • Anton Nikitin (1937)
  • Nikolai Solovyov (1938-1946)
  • Ilya Kharitonov (1946-1948)
  • Ivan Dmitriev (1948-1950)
  • Ivan Petrov (1950-1952)
  • Vladimir Ponomaryov (1952-1954)
  • Georgiy Vorobyov (1954-1957)
  • Nikolay Smirnov (1957-1961)
  • Grigoriy Kozlov (1961-1963, 1964-1968)
  • Vasily Sominich (1963-1964) / Boris Popov (1963-1964)
  • Alexander Shibalov (1968-1980)
  • Ratmir Bobovikov (1980-1983)
  • Nikolai Popov (1983-1989)
  • Yury Yarov (1989-1991)

Elections[]

The latest election for the office was held on 13 September 2015

Candidates Party Votes %
Civic Platform 11,298 1.97
Aleksandr Drozdenko United Russia 471,145 82.10
Communist Party of the Russian Federation 40,068 6.98
Liberal Democratic Party of Russia 23,937 4.17
A Just Russia 17,302 3.02

References[]

  1. ^ "Дрозденко вступил в должность губернатора Ленинградской области" [Drozdenko took office as Governor of Leningrad Oblast]. TASS (in Russian). 2020-09-17.
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