Governor of Leningrad Oblast
| Governor of Leningrad Oblast | |
|---|---|
Coat of arms of Leningrad Oblast | |
since May 28, 2012 | |
| Seat | Saint Petersburg |
| Term length | Five years, renewable |
| Inaugural holder | Aleksandr Belyakov |
| Formation | 1991 |
| Website | lenobl |
The Governor of Leningrad Oblast (Russian: Губернатор Ленинградской области) is the head of executive branch for the Leningrad Oblast, considered as Prime Minister 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.
List of office-holders
| No. | Portrait | Governor | Tenure | Time in office | Party | Election | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aleksandr Belyakov (born 1945) |
20 October 1991[1] – 3 October 1996 (lost election) |
4 years, 349 days | Independent | Appointed | ||
| 2 | Vadim Gustov (born 1948) |
3 October 1996[2] – 21 September 1998 (resigned) |
1 year, 353 days | 1996 | |||
| – | Valery Serdyukov (born 1945) |
21 September 1998 – 19 September 1999 |
13 years, 250 days | Acting | |||
| 3 | 19 September 1999 – 28 May 2012[3] (resigned) |
United Russia | 1999 2003 2007 | ||||
| 4 | Aleksandr Drozdenko (born 1964) [4] |
28 May 2012 – 12 May 2015 (resigned) |
13 years, 299 days | 2012 | |||
| – | 12 May 2015 – 13 September 2015 |
Acting | |||||
| (4) | 13 September 2015 – Incumbent |
2015 2020 2025 | |||||
Chairmen of Executive Committee of Leningrad Oblast (1927–1991)
- Nikolay Komarov (1927–1930)
- Ivan Kodatsky (1930–1931)
- Fyodor Tsarkov (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)
- Yury Yarov (1989–1991)
Timeline
Elections
References
- ^ "Указ Президента от 20.10.1991 года № 148 "О главах администраций Ленинградской, Томской и Тульской областей"". yeltsin.ru. 20 October 1991. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
- ^ "Постановление губернатора Ленинградской области от 03.10.1996 N 144-пг "О вступлении в должность губернатора Ленинградской области"". lawru.info (in Russian). 3 October 1996. Archived from the original on 12 May 2019.
- ^ "Vladimir Putin accepted resignation of Leningrad Region Governor Valery Serdyukov". kremlin.ru. 11 May 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
- ^ "Дрозденко вступил в должность губернатора Ленинградской области" [Drozdenko took office as Governor of Leningrad Oblast]. TASS (in Russian). 17 September 2020.