Governor 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.

Governor of Leningrad Oblast
Coat of arms of Leningrad Oblast
Incumbent
Aleksandr Drozdenko
since May 28, 2012
ResidenceSaint Petersburg
Term lengthFive years, renewable once
Inaugural holderAlexander Belyakov
Formation1991
WebsiteGovernment 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
Governor Party Tenure Comments
Head of Administration of Leningrad Oblast
1 Alexander Belyakov
(b. 1945)		 independent 20 October 1991 – 3 October 1996 Appointed by president Boris Yeltsin. Lost 1996 election
Governor of Leningrad Oblast
2 Vadim Gustov
(b. 1948)		 independent 3 October 1996 – 21 September 1998 Elected by popular vote. Moved to the federal government
— Valery Serdyukov
(b. 1945)		 independent 21 September 1998 – 19 September 1999 Acting governor
3 19 September 1999 – 21 September 2003 Elected by popular vote
United Russia 21 September 2003 – 9 July 2007 Reelected
9 July 2007 – 28 May 2012 Appointed by the president
4 Aleksandr Drozdenko
(b. 1964)		 United Russia 28 May 2012 – 30 September 2015 Appointed by the president
30 September 2015 – 17 September 2020 Elected by popular vote
from 17 September 2020[1] Reelected

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 %
Alexander Gabitov Civic Platform 11,2981.97
Aleksandr Drozdenko United Russia 471,14582.10
Nikolay Kuzmin Communist Party of the Russian Federation 40,0686.98
Andrey Lebedev Liberal Democratic Party of Russia 23,9374.17
Alexander Perminov A Just Russia 17,3023.02

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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