Governor of Amur Oblast
{{Short description|Highest-ranking official in Amur Oblast, Russia}}
{{Infobox Political post
|post = Governor
|body = Amur Oblast
|flag = Standard of the Governor of Amur Oblast.svg
|flagsize =
|flagcaption = Standard of the governor
|insignia = Coat of Arms of Amur Oblast.svg
|insigniasize = 80px
|insigniacaption = Coat of arms of Amur Oblast
|imagesize =
|image = Vasiliy Aleksandrovich Orlov (crooped).jpg
|incumbent = Vasily Orlov
|incumbentsince = 30 May 2018
|style =
|termlength = Five years
|residence = Blagoveshchensk
|formation = 1991
|inaugural = Albert Krivchenko
1991
|website = [https://www.amurobl.ru/pages/gubernator/ amurobl.ru]
}}
The Governor of Amur Oblast ({{langx|ru|Губернатор Амурской области}}) is the head of the executive branch of the government of Amur Oblast, a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia.
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:
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |
| #
! Image ! Governor ! Took office ! Left office ! colspan=2|Party ! Election |
|---|
| colspan= 8| Heads of Administration of Amur Oblast |
| 1
|80px |Albert Krivchenko |8 October 1991 |11 May 1993 |style="background: {{party color|Democratic Choice of Russia}};"| ! |
| 2
|80px |Aleksandr Surat |11 May 1993 |5 October 1993 |style="background: {{party color|Party of Russian Unity and Accord}};"| |PRES | 1993 |
| 3
|80px |Vladimir Polevanov |5 October 1993 |14 November 1994 |style="background: {{party color|Independent politician}};"| |rowspan=3|Independent !rowspan=3| |
| 4
|80px |Vladimir Dyachenko |3 December 1994 |17 May 1996 |style="background: {{party color|Independent politician}};"| |
| 5
|80px |Yury Lyashko |3 June 1996 |27 March 1997 |style="background: {{party color|Independent politician}};"| |
| colspan= 8| Governors of Amur Oblast |
| 6
|80px |Anatoly Belonogov |20 April 1997 |21 April 2001 |style="background: {{party color|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}};"| |1997 |
| 7
|80px |Leonid Korotkov |21 April 2001 |10 May 2007 |style="background: {{party color|Independent politician}};"| |2001[https://tass.ru/info/2157693 Выборы и назначения губернатора Амурской области с 2001 г. Досье], TASS (31 July 2015) |
| —
|80px |Alexander Nesterenko |10 May 2007 |1 June 2007 |style="background: {{party color|United Russia}};"| |United Russia[http://zsamur.ru/article/view/5095/777 Нестеренко Александр Васильевич] ! |
| 8
|80px |Nikolay Kolesov |1 June 2007 |16 October 2008 |style="background: {{party color|Independent politician}};"| |2007[http://www.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/40078 Владимир Путин предложил кандидатуру Николая Колесова для наделения его полномочиями губернатора Амурской области], kremlin.ru (24 May 2007) |
| —
|rowspan=2|80px |rowspan=2|Oleg Kozhemyako |16 October 2008 |20 October 2008 |rowspan=2; style="background: {{party color|United Russia}};"| |rowspan=6|United Russia |
| 9
|20 October 2008 |25 March 2015 |
| —
|rowspan=2|80px |rowspan=2|Alexander Kozlov |25 March 2015[http://www.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/48996 Александр Козлов назначен временно исполняющим обязанности губернатора Амурской области], kremlin.ru (25 March 2015) |20 September 2015 |rowspan=2; style="background: {{party color|United Russia}};"| |rowspan=2|2015 |
| 10
|20 September 2015[https://www.amur.info/news/2015/09/20/100146 Александр Козлов официально вступил в должность губернатора Амурской области] |18 May 2018 |
| —
|rowspan=2|80px |rowspan=2|Vasily Orlov |30 May 2018[http://www.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/57604 Указ «Об исполняющем обязанности губернатора Амурской области»], kremlin.ru (30 May 2018) |27 September 2018 |rowspan=2; style="background: {{party color|United Russia}};"| |
| 11
|27 September 2018 |incumbent |
Elections
= 2018 =
= 2015 =
Results of the 13 September 2015 election for the office.
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Candidates !Party !Votes !% | |
| Ivan Abramov
|Liberal Democratic Party of Russia |align=right|60,545 | align=right|28.30 |
| Mikhail Dragunov
|Communist Party of Social Justice |align=right|7,764 | align=right|3.63 |
| Roman Kobyzov
|Communist Party of the Russian Federation |align=right|31,822 | align=right|14.87 |
| Alexander Kozlov
|align=right|108,363 | align=right|50.64 |
References
{{reflist}}
Sources
- [http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Russian_republics.htm#Amur World Statesmen.org]
{{Governors of federal subjects of Russia}}