Governor of Smolensk Oblast

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Governor of Smolensk Oblast
Coat of arms of Smolensk oblast.svg
Coat of arms of Smolensk Oblast
Alexey Ostrovsky 2013.jpeg
Incumbent
Alexey Ostrovsky
since 26 April 2012
Inaugural holderValery Fateyev
Formation1991

The governor of Smolensk Oblast (Russian: Губернатор Смоленской области) is the highest official of Smolensk Oblast, a region in Central Russia. He heads the supreme executive body of the region — the Smolensk Oblast administration.

List of office-holders[]

This is a list of governors of Smolensk Oblast:

No. Governor Party Tenure Comments
Heads of Administration of Smolensk Oblast
1 Blank.png Valery Fateyev
(b. 1946) 		ind. 24 October 1991 — 11 May 1993[1] Appointed by president Boris Yeltsin. Lost 1993 election[2]
2 Anatoly Glushenkov.jpg Anatoly Glushenkov
(1942–2018) 		ind. → NDR 29 April 1993 — 29 May 1998 Elected by popular vote.[3] Lost reelection
3 Alexander Prokhorov.jpg
(b. 1953) 		CPRF 29 May 1998 — 24 May 2002 Elected by popular vote. Lost reelection
4 Viktor Maslov, May 2005.jpg
(b. 1950) 		UR 24 May 2002 — 29 June 2005 Elected by popular vote
Governors of Smolensk Oblast
4 Viktor Maslov, May 2005.jpg
(b. 1950) 		UR 29 June 2005 — 18 December 2007 Approved by the legislature. Resigned from office[1]
5 Sergey Antufyev, April 2010-2.jpeg Sergey Antufyev
(b. 1955) 		UR 24 December 2007 — 20 April 2012 Approved by the legislature. Resigned from office[1]
6 Alexey Ostrovsky 2019.png Alexey Ostrovsky
(b. 1976) 		LDPR 26 April 2012 — 18 May 2015 Approved by the legislature. Resigned from office to call for an early election[1]
18 May — 28 September 2015 Acting governor
28 September 2015 — 18 September 2020 by popular vote
since 18 September 2020 Reelected[4]

Elections[]

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

Candidates Party Votes %
Vladimir Zaytsev 4,630 2.03
Nikolay Kuznetsov Communist Party of the Russian Federation 26,507 11.62
Sergey Lebedev A Just Russia 28,329 12.42
Yelena Lobanova Civic Platform 12,422 5.45
Alexey Ostrovsky Liberal Democratic Party of Russia 148,700 65.18

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "История выборов и назначений губернатора Смоленской области" [History of elections and appointments of the governor of Smolensk Oblast] (in Russian). TASS.
  2. ^ Gubernatorial elections — 1993, politika.su
  3. ^ "Умер бывший губернатор Смоленской области Анатолий Глушенков". Kommersant. 2018-01-16. Archived from the original on 2018-01-17. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
  4. ^ "Островский вступил в должность губернатора Смоленской области" [Ostrovsky took office as Governor of Smolensk Oblast] (in Russian). TASS. 2020-09-18.


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