Governor of Saint Petersburg

Governor of the City of Saint Petersburg
Губернатор Санкт-Петербурга
Flag of the City of Saint Peterburg
Incumbent Alexander Beglov since 18 September 2019
Style	His Excellency, Mr. Governor
Status	Head of the Executive branch of Saint Petersburg
Residence	Smolny Institute, Saint Petersburg
Seat	Smolny Institute
Term length	5 years
Constituting instrument	Charter of Saint Petersburg
Precursor	Governor-General of Saint Petersburg Province
Inaugural holder	Alexander Menshikov
Formation	30 May 1703 (316 years ago)
Succession	Deputy Governor
Salary	9.7 million rubles ($146,290)
Website	Office of the Governor

The Smolny Institute, The governor's office

The Governor of Saint Petersburg (Губернатор Санкт-Петербурга) is the head of the executive branch of Saint Petersburg City Administration. The governor's office administers all city services, public property, police and fire protection, most public agencies, and enforces all city and state laws within all districts of the City of Saint Petersburg. The governor's office is located in Smolny Institute and appoints many officials, including deputy governors and directors (heads of city departments).

Under the Soviet regime, until 1991 the head of the city administration was called chairperson of the executive committee. Between 1991 and 1996, the head of the administration was called Mayor after which they were called Governor. Between 1991 and 2006 the mayor/governor was elected by direct vote of city residents. Between 2004 and 2014, the governor was nominated by the President of the Russian Federation and approved (or disapproved) by the City Legislative Assembly,^[1] and since 2014 the governor has been elected by popular vote of city residents.

List of heads of administration of Saint Petersburg[]

Chairpersons of the Executive Committee (1917–1991)[]

No.	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Political party
1		Leon Trotsky	25 October 1917	11 December 1917	Communist Party
2		Grigory Zinoviev	13 December 1917	12 July 1926	Communist Party
3		Nikolay Komarov	12 July 1926	7 January 1930	Communist Party
4		Ivan Kodatsky	April 1930	January 1937	Communist Party
5			January 1937	March 1937	Communist Party
6			September 1937	October 1938	Communist Party
7		Alexei Kosygin	October 1938	6 January 1939	Communist Party
8			6 January 1939	9 March 1946	Communist Party
9			11 March 1946	22 February 1949	Communist Party
10			2 March 1949	June 1954	Communist Party
11			June 1954	17 June 1962	Communist Party
12			June 1962	August 1966	Communist Party
13			August 1966	December 1972	Communist Party
14		Vasily Kazakov	January 1973	June 1976	Communist Party
15		Lev Zaykov	June 1976	26 April 1983	Communist Party
16			26 April 1983	23 May 1990	Communist Party
17			23 May 1990	12 June 1991	Communist Party

Governors of Saint Petersburg (1991–present)[]

No.	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Political party
1		Anatoly Sobchak Mayor of Saint Petersburg	12 June 1991	5 June 1996	Independent
2		Vladimir Yakovlev	5 June 1996	15 June 2003	Independent
—		Alexander Beglov Acting	16 June 2003	5 October 2003	Independent
3		Valentina Matviyenko	5 October 2003	31 August 2011	United Russia
4		Georgy Poltavchenko	31 August 2011	3 October 2018	United Russia
—		Alexander Beglov Acting	3 October 2018	18 September 2019	Independent
5		Alexander Beglov	18 September 2019	Incumbent

Latest election[]

The latest election for the office was held on 8 September 2019. The results were as follows:

See also[]

• Mayor of Moscow
• Governor of Sevastopol (Russia)
• Saint Petersburg City Administration
• Saint Petersburg Police

References[]