Governor of Sakhalin Oblast
{{Short description|Highest-ranking official in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia}}
{{more citations needed|date=October 2021}}
{{Infobox official post
| post = Governor
| body = the Sakhalin Oblast
| image = Valery Limarenko (2019-01-24).jpg
| incumbent = Valery Limarenko
| flag = Flag of Sakhalin Oblast.svg
| insignia = Sakhalin Oblast Coat of Arms.svg
| flagborder = yes
| flagcaption = Flag of Sakhalin Oblast
| insigniacaption = Coat of Arms of Sakhalin Oblast
| incumbentsince = September 12, 2019
| department = Government of Sakhalin Oblast
| style = His Excellency, Mr. Governor
| residence = Communist Avenue 32, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
| seat = Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
| termlength = 5 years
| formation = 1991
| first = Valentin Fyodorov
}}
The Governor of Sakhalin Oblast ({{langx|ru|Губернатор Сахалинской области}}) is the head of the executive branch of the Government of Sakhalin Oblast and the highest official of the oblast. The governor has a duty to enforce state laws in the region and to approve bills passed by the Sakhalin Oblast Duma or to disapprove it.
Since the formation of the position in 1991 there have been eight governors, including two interim governors. Igor Farkhutdinov was the only governor to die in office. The current governor, Valery Limarenko, has been interim governor since December 7, 2018.
The longest serving governors were Igor Farkhtdinov and Aleksandr Khoroshavin, who both served for 8 years in the office.
Powers
- Forms the government, appoint the main officials of the provincial government. Performs the power of the highest official of the oblast.
- Take decision on the strategic development of the oblast and make socio-economic policy of the oblast.
- Ensures the observance of rights and freedoms of the citizen living in the oblast. Implementation of Federal and oblast laws and the Russian legislation in the oblast.
- Solves the issue of civil service. He/she appoints or dismissed the main holders of post of the oblast government.
- Appoints the head of the districts of oblast.
- Holds meetings of the oblast government on serious issues.
- Issue decrees and orders to implement law in the oblast.
List of governors
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |
| No
! Image ! Governor ! Took office ! Left office ! colspan=2|Party ! Election |
|---|
| 1
|80px |Valentin Fyodorov |8 April 1993 |style="background: {{party color|Independent politician}};"| | rowspan=3|Independent ! rowspan=2| |
| 2
|80px |Yevgeny Krasnoyarov |8 April 1993 |25 April 1995 |style="background: {{party color|Independent politician}};"| |
| 3
|80px |Igor Farkhutdinov |25 April 1995 |20 August 2003 |style="background: {{party color|Independent politician}};"| | 1996 ---- |
| —
|rowspan=2|80px |rowspan=2|Ivan Malakhov |20 August 2003 |December 2003 |rowspan=2; style="background: {{party color|United Russia}};"| |rowspan=7|United Russia |rowspan=2|2003[https://lenta.ru/news/2003/12/22/sahalin/ Губернатором Сахалинской области стал Иван Малахов], lenta.ru (22 December 2003) |
| 4
|December 2003 |7 August 2007[https://polit.ru/news/2007/08/07/sahalin/ Губернатор Сахалина поплатился за землетрясение должностью] |
| —
|rowspan=2|80px |rowspan=2|Aleksandr Khoroshavin |7 August 2007 |9 August 2007 |rowspan=2; style="background: {{party color|United Russia}};"| |rowspan=2|2007 ---- |
| 5
|9 August 2007 |25 March 2015[https://iz.ru/news/584513 Путин подписал указ об отставке Хорошавина] |
| —
|rowspan=2|80px |rowspan=2|Oleg Kozhemyako |25 March 2015 |13 September 2015 |rowspan=2; style="background: {{party color|United Russia}};"| |rowspan=2|2015 |
| 6
|13 September 2015 |27 September 2018 |
| —
|80px |Vera Shcherbina |27 September 2018 |7 December 2018 |style="background: {{party color|United Russia}};"| ! |
| —
|rowspan=2|80px |rowspan=2|Valery Limarenko |7 December 2018 |12 September 2019 |rowspan=2; style="background: {{party color|Independent politician}};"| |rowspan=2|Independent |rowspan=2|2019 |
| 7
|12 September 2019 |Incumbent |
Timeline
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