Governor of Leningrad Oblast

The Governor of Leningrad Oblast (Губернатор Ленинградской области) is the head of executive branch for the Leningrad Oblast, considered as Prime Minister of Leningrad Oblast.

Governor of Leningrad Oblast
Seal of Leningrad Oblast
Incumbent
Aleksandr Drozdenko
since May 12, 2012
ResidenceSaint Petersburg
Term lengthFour years, renewable once
Inaugural holderNikolai Komarov
1927
Formation1927 as Chairman of Executive Committee of Leningrad Oblast
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.

Governors

Chairman of Executive Committee of Leningrad Oblast
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)
  • Yuri Yarov (1989-1991)

Head of Leningrad Oblast Administration

Governor of Leningrad Oblast

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
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