Governor of Moscow Oblast

Governor of Moscow Oblast
Coat of Arms of Moscow oblast
Incumbent Andrey Vorobyov since 8 November 2012
Residence	The Government House, Krasnogorsk
Term length	5 years, renewable once[citation needed]
Inaugural holder	Anatoly Tyazhlov
Formation	1995
Website	Governor of Moscow Oblast

The Governor of Moscow Oblast (Губернатор Московской области) is the head of the Moscow Oblast and head of the Executive authority in the Moscow Oblast, the region that almost surrounds Moscow.

Until 1995 the head of the Moscow Oblast was titled the Head of Moscow Oblast Administration. In 1995, the Regional Duma (Московская областная Дума) adopted the new law about the Governor of Moscow Oblast, and since 1995, the head of the Oblast is titled Governor.

The Governor is elected for a term that is renewable once consecutively.

Governors of Moscow Oblast[]

№	Portrait	Name	Period		Party
1		Anatoliy Tyazhlov	16 October 1991	19 November 1999	Independent
—		Vasily Golubev (Acting)	19 November 1999	2 February 2000	Independent
2		Boris Gromov	2 February 2000	11 May 2012	United Russia
3		Sergey Shoygu	11 May 2012	6 November 2012	United Russia
—		Ruslan Tsalikov (Acting)	6 November 2012	8 November 2012	United Russia
4		Andrei Vorobyov	8 November 2012	Incumbent	United Russia

Latest election[]

The latest election for the office, the 2018 Moscow Oblast gubernatorial election, was held on 9 September 2018.

See also[]

• Moscow Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union - the party head was de facto governor

External links[]

• Official website in Russian
• Moscow Oblast Government

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