governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast
{{Short description|Highest-ranking official in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia}}
{{Infobox political post
|post = Governor
|body = Sverdlovsk Oblast
|insignia = File:Coat of Arms of Sverdlovsk oblast.svg
|insigniasize = 125px
|insigniacaption = Coat of arms of Sverdlovsk Oblast
|image = Denis Pasler, 2025.jpg
|imagesize = 150px
|incumbent = Denis Pasler
|incumbentsince = 26 March 2025
|acting = y
|residence = Tarasov Estate, Yekaterinburg
|nominator = Political parties
|termlength = 5 years
|inaugural = Eduard Rossel
|formation = 1991
|website = [http://gubernator96.ru/ gubernator96.ru]
}}
The governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast ({{langx|ru|Губернатор Свердловской области}}) is the highest official of Sverdlovsk Oblast, a region of Russia. He heads the government of Sverdlovsk Oblast and is elected by direct popular vote for the term of five years.
History of office
On 16 October 1991, chairman of executive committee of Sverdlovsk Oblast Eduard Rossel was appointed Head of Administration of the region. Rossel pursued a policy aimed at obtaining the economic and legislative independence from the federal Center. The leadership of Sverdlovsk Oblast put forward the idea of transforming the region into an autonomous republic.[http://www.igpi.ru/monitoring/1047645476/1993/0693/66.html Yekaterinburg and Sverdlovsk Oblast in June 1993], "International Institute for Humanitarian and Political Studies" President of Russia Boris Yeltsin initially announced his support for the Ural Republic, but on 9 November 1993, a presidential decree was issued on the dissolution of the Sverdlovsk Regional Council, and on the next day Eduard Rossel himself was sacked.
In 1995 election, Rossel surpassed Alexey Strakhov, and he took office as governor. He reigned for the next 14 years. In 2009, president Dmitry Medvedev appointed deputy minister of transport Alexander Misharin as the new head of the region. Three years later he was succeeded by Yevgeny Kuyvashev. In 2016 the separate office of the Chairman of the Government of Sverdlovsk Oblast was abolished.{{cite web|url=https://eburg.mk.ru/articles/2016/10/19/v-sverdlovskoy-oblasti-uprazdnili-post-predsedatelya-kabmina.html|title=В Свердловской области упразднили пост председателя кабмина|language=ru|trans-title=The post of the chairman of the Cabinet was abolished in Sverdlovsk Oblast|website=Moskovskij Komsomolets|date=2016-10-19}}
List of officeholders
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| style="background:#CCCCCC; background:#E6E6AA;"
! # ! Portrait ! Governor ! Tenure ! colspan="2"|Party ! Election |
| 1
| 80px | Eduard Rossel | 16 October 1991 – 10 November 1993{{cite web|url=http://monpartya.ru/news/uralskaya_respublika_kak_eto_bylo.htm|title=Уральская республика. Как это было|language=ru|trans-title=Ural Republic. How it was|website=Monarchist Party of Russia}} | style="background: {{party color|Independent politician}};"| |rowspan="3"|Independent ! rowspan="3"| |
|---|
| —
| 80px | Valery Trushnikov | 10 November 1993 – 6 January 1994 | style="background: {{party color|Independent politician}};"| |
| 2
| 80px | Aleksey Strakhov | 6 January 1994 – 23 August 1995 | style="background: {{party color|Independent politician}};"| |
| rowspan="2"|(1)
|rowspan="2"|80px |rowspan="2"|Eduard Rossel |rowspan="2"|23 August 1995 – 23 November 2009 | style="background:#00A200| |rowspan="2"|1995 ---- ---- ---- |
| style="background: {{party color|United Russia}};"|
| rowspan="7" | United Russia |
| 3
| 80px | Alexander Misharin | 23 November 2009 – 14 May 2012 | style="background: {{party color|United Russia}};"| | 2009 |
| —
|rowspan="4"|80px |rowspan="4"|Yevgeny Kuyvashev | 14 May – 29 May 2012 | rowspan=5; style="background: {{party color|United Russia}};"| |rowspan="4"|2012 ---- ---- |
| 4
| 29 May 2012 – 17 April 2017 |
| —
| 17 April – 18 September 2017 |
| (4)
| 18 September 2017 – 26 March 2025{{Cite web|title=Куйвашев вступил в должность губернатора Свердловской области|trans-title=Kuyvashev took office as governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast|url=http://tass.ru/ural-news/4569683|website=TASS|accessdate=2018-02-17|language=ru}} |
| —
| 80px | Denis Pasler | since 26 March 2025 |
