Governor of Amur Oblast

The Governor of Amur Oblast (Russian: Губернатор Амурской области) is the head of the executive branch of the government of Amur Oblast, a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia.

Governor of Amur Oblast
Coat of arms of Amur Oblast
Standard of the governor
Incumbent
Vasily Orlov
since 30 May 2018
Term lengthFive years
Inaugural holderAlbert Krivchenko
1991
Formation1991
Websiteamurobl.ru

The current governor is Vasily Orlov, who has held the position since 30 May 2018.

List of governors

This is a list of governors of Amur Oblast:

# Governor Party Took office Left office Notes
Heads of Administration of Amur Oblast
1 Albert Krivchenko
(1935–2021)		 Democratic Russia 8 October 1991 11 May 1993 Appointed by president Boris Yeltsin. Lost election to Surat
2 Aleksandr Surat
(1947–2016)		 PRES 11 May 1993 5 October 1993 Elected by popular vote. Dismissed by president Yeltsin following 1993 Russian constitutional crisis
3 Vladimir Polevanov
(b. 1949)		 Independent 5 October 1993 14 November 1994 Appointed by president Yeltsin. Moved to the federal government as a Chairman of the State Committee for State Property Management
4 Vladimir Dyachenko
(b. 1948)		 Independent 3 December 1994 17 May 1996 Appointed and dismissed by president Yeltsin
5 Yury Lyashko
(1943–2015)		 Independent 3 June 1996 27 March 1997 Appointed by president Yeltsin. Lost election to Belonogov
Governors of Amur Oblast
6 Anatoly Belonogov
(1939–2019)		 Communist Party 20 April 1997 21 April 2001 Elected by popular vote. Lost reelection to Korotkov.[1]
7 Leonid Korotkov
(b. 1965)		 Independent 21 April 2001 10 May 2007 Elected by popular vote in 2001. Approved by the legislative assembly in 2005. Removed from office by president Vladimir Putin following a criminal case initiated against him.[1]
— Alexander Nesterenko
(b. 1947)		 United Russia[2] 10 May 2007 1 June 2007 Acting governor[1]
8 Nikolay Kolesov
(b. 1956)		 Independent 1 June 2007 16 October 2008 Approved by the legislative assembly.[3] Removed from office by president Dmitry Medvedev.
9 Oleg Kozhemyako
(b. 1962)		 United Russia 16 October 2008 20 October 2008 Acting governor. Previously served as governor of Koryakia (2005–07)
20 October 2008 25 March 2015 Approved by the legislative assembly in 2008, elected by popular vote in 2012. Moved to Sakhalin Oblast as acting governor on the request of president Putin
10 Alexander Kozlov
(b. 1981)		 United Russia 25 March 2015[4] 20 September 2015 Acting governor
20 September 2015[5] 18 May 2018 Elected by popular vote. Moved to the federal government as Minister for the Development of the Far East.
11 Vasily Orlov
(b. 1975)		 United Russia 30 May 2018[6] 27 September 2018 Acting governor
27 September 2018 incumbent Elected by popular vote.

Elections

2015

Results of the 13 September 2015 election for the office.

Candidates Party Votes %
Ivan Abramov Liberal Democratic Party of Russia 60,54528.30
Mikhail Dragunov Communist Party of Social Justice 7,7643.63
Roman Kobyzov Communist Party of the Russian Federation 31,82214.87
Alexander Kozlov United Russia 108,36350.64

References
  1. Выборы и назначения губернатора Амурской области с 2001 г. Досье, TASS (31 July 2015)
  2. Нестеренко Александр Васильевич
  3. Владимир Путин предложил кандидатуру Николая Колесова для наделения его полномочиями губернатора Амурской области, kremlin.ru (24 May 2007)
  4. Александр Козлов назначен временно исполняющим обязанности губернатора Амурской области, kremlin.ru (25 March 2015)
  5. Александр Козлов официально вступил в должность губернатора Амурской области
  6. Указ «Об исполняющем обязанности губернатора Амурской области», kremlin.ru (30 May 2018)

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