Governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast

The governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast (Russian: Губернатор Свердловской области) is the highest official of Sverdlovsk Oblast, a region of Russia. He heads the government of Sverdlovsk Oblast and is elected by direct popular vote for the term of five years.

Governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast
Coat of arms of Sverdlovsk Oblast
Incumbent
Yevgeny Kuyvashev
since 29 May 2012
ResidenceTarasov Estate, Yekaterinburg
NominatorPolitical parties
Term length5 years
Inaugural holderEduard Rossel
Formation1991
Websitegubernator96.ru

History of office

On 16 October 1991, chairman of executive committee of Sverdlovsk Oblast Eduard Rossel was appointed Head of Administration of the region. Rossel pursued a policy aimed at obtaining the economic and legislative independence from the federal Center. The leadership of Sverdlovsk Oblast put forward the idea of transforming the region into an autonomous republic.[1] President of Russia Boris Yeltsin initially announced his support for the Ural Republic, but on 9 November 1993, a presidential decree was issued on the dissolution of the Sverdlovsk Regional Council, and on the next day Eduard Rossel himself was sacked.

In 1995 election, Rossel surpassed Alexey Strakhov, and he took office as governor. He reigned for the next 14 years. In 2009, president Dmitry Medvedev appointed deputy minister of transport Alexander Misharin as the new head of the region. Three years later he was succeeded by Yevgeny Kuyvashev. In 2016 the separate office of the Chairman of the Government of Sverdlovsk Oblast was abolished.[2]

List of officeholders
Governor Party Tenure Comments
Head of Administration of Sverdlovsk Oblast
1 Eduard Rossel
(b. 1937)		 ind. 16 October 1991 — 31 October 1993 Appointed by president Boris Yeltsin
Governor of the Ural Republic
— Eduard Rossel
(b. 1937)		 ind. 31 October — 10 November 1993 Acting governor of a self-proclaimed region[3]
Heads of Administration of Sverdlovsk Oblast
— Valery Trushnikov
(1950–2008)		 ind. 10 November 1993 — 6 January 1994 Acting head of administration
2 Alexey Strakhov
(b. 1942)		 ind. → NDR 6 January 1994 — 23 August 1995 Appointed by president Boris Yeltsin. Lost 1995 election
Governors of Sverdlovsk Oblast
3 Eduard Rossel
(b. 1937)		 TU 23 August 1995 — 17 September 1999 Elected by popular vote
17 September 1999 — 26 September 2003 Re-elected
UR 26 September 2003 — 21 November 2005 Re-elected
21 November 2005 — 23 November 2009 Appointed by president Vladimir Putin, approved by the legislature
4 Alexander Misharin
(b. 1959)		 UR 23 November 2009 — 14 May 2012 Appointed by president Dmitry Medvedev, approved by the legislature
5 Yevgeny Kuyvashev
(b. 1971)		 UR 14 May — 29 May 2012 Acting governor
29 May 2012 — 17 April 2017 Appointed by president Vladimir Putin, approved by the legislature
17 April — 18 September 2017 Acting governor
from 18 September 2017[4] Elected by popular vote

References
  1. Yekaterinburg and Sverdlovsk Oblast in June 1993, "International Institute for Humanitarian and Political Studies"
  2. "В Свердловской области упразднили пост председателя кабмина" [The post of the chairman of the Cabinet was abolished in Sverdlovsk Oblast]. Moskovskij Komsomolets (in Russian). 2016-10-19.
  3. "Уральская республика. Как это было" [Ural Republic. How it was]. Monarchist Party of Russia (in Russian).
  4. "Куйвашев вступил в должность губернатора Свердловской области" [Kuyvashev took office as governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast]. TASS (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-02-17.
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