Governor of Kherson Oblast

The Governor of Kherson Oblast is the head of executive branch for the Kherson Oblast.

Governor of Kherson Oblast
Seal of Kherson Oblast
Incumbent Yurii Husiev since July 11, 2019
Residence	Kherson
Term length	Four years
Inaugural holder	Pylyp Pasenchenko-Demydenko 1944
Formation	1944 as Chairman of Executive Committee of Kherson Oblast
Website	Government of Kherson Oblast

The office of Governor is an appointed position, with officeholders being appointed by the President of Ukraine, on recommendation from the Prime Minister of Ukraine, to serve a four-year term.

The official residence for the Governor is located in Kherson. The current Governor is Yurii Husiev, who assumed office on July 11, 2019.

Governors

Chairman of Executive Committee of Kherson Oblast

• Pylyp Pasenchenko-Demydenko (1944-1950)
• Tymofiy Barylnyk (1950-1963)
• Mykola Makushenko (1963-1969)[lower-alpha 1]
• Mykola Kobak (1963-1964)[lower-alpha 2]
• Dina Protsenko (1969-1978)
• Vasyl Metlyayev (1978-1983)
• Mykhailo Kushnerenko (1983-1987)
• Oleksandr Melnykov (1987-1991)
• Mykhailo Kushnerenko (1991-1992)

Representative of the President

• Oleksandr Melnykov (1992-1994)

Chairman of the Executive Committee

• Vitalii Zholobov (1994-1995)

Heads of the Administration

• Vitalii Zholobov (1995-1996)
• Yurii Karasyk (1996-1997)[lower-alpha 3]
• Mykhailo Kushnerenko (1997-1998)
• Anatoliy Kasyanenko (1998-1999)
• Oleksandr Verbytsky (1999-2001)
• Yuriy Kravchenko (2001-2002)
• Anatolii Yurchenko (2002-2004)
• Serhii Dovgan (2004)
• Volodymyr Khodakovsky (2004-2005)
• Borys Silenkov (2005-2010)
• Anatolii Hrytsenko (2010)
• Mykola Kostyak (2010-2014)
• Yuriy Odarchenko (2014)
• Ihor Shepelyev (2014) (acting)
• Andriy Putilov (2014-2016)
• Andrii Gordieiev (2016-2019)[1][2]
• Dmytro Butriy (2019) (acting)[3][4]
• Yurii Husiev (Since July 11, 2019)[5]

Notes

1. For Agriculture January 1963 – December 1964
2. For Industry
3. Acting to August 8, 1996

References

1. Poroshenko appoints MP Andriy Hordeyev Kherson regional governor, Interfax-Ukraine (28 April 2016)
2. Ukraine's govt approves dismissal of Odesa region governor Stepanov, disloyal to Poroshenko, 112 Ukraine (10 April 2019)
3. УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ № 142/2019 Про тимчасове виконання обов'язків голови Херсонської обласної державної адміністрації(in Ukrainian)
4. УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ № 375/2019 Про увільнення від тимчасового виконання обов’язків голови Херсонської обласної державної адміністрації(in Ukrainian)
5. "President appointed Yurii Husiev to the post of Kherson RSA". president.gov.ua. July 13, 2019. Retrieved July 18, 2019.

Sources

• World Statesmen.org

External links

• Government of Kherson Oblast in Ukrainian