Head of Administration of Lipetsk Oblast

The Head of Administration of Lipetsk Oblast (Russian: Глава администрации Липецкой области) is the highest official of that region of Russia. The status and powers of the Head of Administration are determined in Chapter 5 of the Lipetsk Oblast Charter.

Head of Administration of Lipetsk Oblast
Coat of Arms of Lipetsk Oblast
Incumbent
Igor Artamonov
since 13 September 2019
ResidenceLipetsk
Term length5 years
Formation1991
First holderGennady Kuptsov

History of office

In the late 1991, the President of Russia Boris Yeltsin appointed the heads of the executive authorities in the regions.

So, on 23 October, by the presidential decree, Gennady Kuptsov was appointed Head of Administration of Lipetsk Oblast. On 23 December 1992, he was dismissed by Yeltsin. Disagreeing with the decision, Kuptsov filed a lawsuit against the president, demanding reinstatement for himself. In September 1994, the Moscow City Court overturned the president's decision, but Kuptsov was not reinstated in the administration, since the new governor had already been elected.

Lipetsk Oblast became one of the first regions of the Russian Federation, where the direct elections of the head of the region were held, on 11 April 1993. In 1999, a two-term limit was introduced.

Unlike other leaders of Russian oblasts, Oleg Korolyov, elected in 1998,[1] did not support the usage of the word “governor”, keeping style himself as Head of Administration. Administrations of Lipetsk and Tambov Oblasts explain this by the fact that there are no governorates in modern Russia.

In 2004, on the initiative of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin, the procedure for electing the highest officials of the regions was changed from the popular vote to appointment by the legislative bodies from the list of candidacies submitted by the President. Despite the fact that Oleg Korolyov's second term was expected to end only in April 2007, in mid-May 2005 he prematurely resigned, and on May 24 Putin submitted his candidacy to the regional council. The same procedure took place in April 2010.[2]

Korolyov was reelected in 2014 and resigned in October 2018, moving to the Senate. He was succeeded by Igor Artamonov.[3]

List
Governor Party Took office Left office Notes
1 Gennady Kuptsov
(b. 1940)		 Democratic Choice of Russia 23 October 1991 23 December 1992 Appointed and dismissed by president Boris Yeltsin
— Vladimir Zaytsev
(b. 1951)[4]		 Independent 23 December 1992 11 April 1993 Acting head of administration
2 Mikhail Narolin
(1933–2011)		 Our Home – Russia 11 April 1993 14 April 1998 Elected by popular vote. Lost reelection
3 Oleg Korolyov
(b. 1952)		 Independent 14 April 1998 14 April 2002 Elected by popular vote
14 April 2002 24 May 2005 Reelected
United Russia 24 May 2005 1 June 2010 Approved by the legislature
1 June 2010 19 September 2014
19 September 2014 2 October 2018 Reelected. Resigned from office
— Igor Artamonov
(b. 1967)		 United Russia 2 October 2018 13 September 2019 Acting head of administration
4 13 September 2019 incumbent Elected by popular vote

References
  1. "Губернаторские выборы — 1998" [Gubernatorial elections — 1998]. politika.su.
  2. "Дмитрий Медведев внёс кандидатуру Олега Королёва для наделения его полномочиями главы администрации Липецкой области" [Dmitry Medvedev submitted the candidacy of Oleg Korolyov to the Head of Lipetsk Oblast administration]. kremlin.ru. 2010-04-22.
  3. "Игорь Артамонов назначен врио главы администрации Липецкой области" [Igor Artamonov appointed acting Head of Administration of Lipetsk Oblast]. kremlin.ru. 2018-10-02.
  4. Назначен начальник управления по размещению госзаказа
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