governor of Pskov Oblast
{{Short description|Highest-ranking official in Pskov Oblast, Russia}}
{{Infobox Political post
| post = Governor
| body = Pskov Oblast
| insignia = Coat of arms of Pskov Oblast (2018).svg
| insigniasize = 125px
| insigniacaption = Coat of arms of Pskov Oblast
| image = Mikhail Vedernikov, 2017.jpg
| incumbent = Mikhail Vedernikov
| seat = Pskov
| incumbentsince = 17 September 2018
| termlength = 5 years
| formation = 1991
| inaugural = Anatoly Dobryakov
| website = [http://www.pskov.ru/vlast/ispolnitelnaya/gubernator www.pskov.ru]
}}
The governor of Pskov Oblast ({{langx|ru|Губернатор Псковской области}}) is the highest official of Pskov Oblast, a federal subject of Russia. The governor heads the executive branch in the region.
History of office
On 15 November 1991, by the decree of president Boris Yeltsin, the director of Pskovnefteprodukt enterprise Anatoly Dobryakov was appointed Head of Administration of Pskov Oblast. In May 1992, Dobryakov was removed from office after being accused of involvement in illegal selling of fuel and non-ferrous metals to the Baltic states.{{cite book |last1=Ivanov|first1=Vitaly|year= 2019|title=Глава субъекта Российской Федерации. История губернаторов|trans-title=Head of the subject of the Russian Federation. History of governors|language=ru|page=233|isbn=978-5-907250-14-7}} Deputy mayor of Pskov for economic reforms Vladislav Tumanov was appointed instead. In October 1996 he lost the election to Yevgeny Mikhailov, who became the first Liberal Democrat elected governor in Russia.{{cite web|url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/242601|title=Губернские выборы|language=ru|trans-title=Regional elections|date=1996-11-05|website=Kommersant}} The 2000 election was the only one to use the first-past-the-post system. On 1 January 2006 the office of the Head of Administration was renamed into Governor of Pskov Oblast.{{Cite web |url=http://www.pravo.gov.ru/proxy/ips/?doc_itself=&backlink=1&&nd=130015054&&page=1&rdk=0#I0 |title=Law On Amendments to the Law "On the System of Executive Power Bodies of Pskov Oblast" |access-date=2021-11-12 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304122453/http://www.pravo.gov.ru/proxy/ips/?doc_itself=&backlink=1&&nd=130015054&&page=1&rdk=0#I0 |url-status=dead }}
List of officeholders
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| style="background:#cccccc" bgcolor=#E6E6AA
! No. ! Image ! Governor ! Term start ! Term end ! colspan="2"|Party ! Election |
| 1
| 80px | Anatoly Dobryakov | 24 October 1991[http://kremlin.ru/acts/bank/332 Decree of the President of the RSFSR of 10/24/1991 No. 154] | 7 May 1992 | style="background: {{party color|Independent politician}};"| | rowspan="2" | Independent | rowspan=2| none |
|---|
| 2
| 80px | Vladislav Tumanov | 23 May 1992[http://pskoviana.ru/gubernatory/1319-tumanov-vladislav-nikolaevich Tumanov Vladislav Nikolayevich], Pskoviana | 10 November 1996 | style="background: {{party color|Independent politician}};"| |
| rowspan=2|3
| rowspan=2|80px | rowspan=2|Yevgeny Mikhailov | rowspan=2|10 November 1996 | rowspan=2|17 December 2004 | style="background: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party of Russia}};"| | LDPR |
| style="background: {{party color|United Russia}};"| |
| rowspan=2|4
| rowspan=2|80px | rowspan=2|Mikhail Kuznetsov | rowspan=2|17 December 2004 | rowspan=2|16 February 2009 | style="background: {{party color|Independent politician}};"| | rowspan=2|2004 |
| style="background: {{party color|United Russia}};"|
| rowspan=5|United Russia |
| —
| rowspan=4|80px | rowspan=4|Andrey Turchak | 16 February 2009 | 27 February 2009 | rowspan=4; style="background: {{party color|United Russia}};"| |
| 5
| 27 February 2009 | 27 February 2014 |
| —
| 27 February 2014[http://news.kremlin.ru/news/20343 Andrey Turchak has been appointed acting governor of Pskov Oblast] | 25 September 2014 |
| (5)
| 25 September 2014 | 12 October 2017 |
| —
| rowspan=2|80px | rowspan=2|Mikhail Vedernikov | 12 October 2017 | 17 September 2018 | rowspan=2; style="background: {{party color|Independent politician}};"| | rowspan=2|Independent |
| 6
| 17 September 2018{{Cite news|title=Михаил Ведерников вступил в должность губернатора Псковской области|url=https://ria.ru/politics/20180917/1528713552.html|website=RIA Novosti|language=ru|trans-title=Mikhail Vedernikov took office as Governor of Pskov Oblast|date=2018-09-17}} | incumbent |
