Governor of Kaliningrad Oblast
The Governor of Kaliningrad Oblast (Губернатор Калининградской области) is the head of executive branch for the Kaliningrad Oblast (former Königsberg, East Prussia), considered as Prime Minister of Kaliningrad Oblast.
| Governor of Kaliningrad Oblast | |
|---|---|
Standard of the Governor | |
| Residence | Kaliningrad |
| Term length | Four years, renewable once |
| Inaugural holder | Yuri Matochkin 1991 |
| Formation | 1946 as Chairman of Executive Committee of Kaliningrad Oblast |
| Website | Government of Kaliningrad 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 Kaliningrad. The current Governor is Anton Alikhanov, who assumed office on 6 October 2016.
Chairmen of the Kaliningrad Oblast Executive Committee (1947–91) edit
Since the creation of Kaliningrad Oblast in 1946 and until the spring of 1990, the Kaliningrad Regional Committee of the Communist Party had the leading role in its government. The committee was led by:
- Vasily Borisov (May 1947 – April 1948)
- Alexey Yegorov (April 1948 – December 1951)
- Zakhar Slaykovsky (December 1951 – May 1962)
- Yakov Prushinsky (May 1962 – March 1966)
- Vladimir Vitkovsky (May 1966 – May 1983)
- Vasily Loginov (June 1983 – April 1987)
- Yuri Malinkin (April 1987 – September 1991)
List of governors edit
| # | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Election | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yuri Matochkin (1931–2006) | 25 September 1991 | 20 October 1996 | Independent | |||
| 2 | Leonid Gorbenko (1939–2010) | 20 October 1996 | 8 December 2000 | Our Home – Russia | 1996 | ||
| 3 | Vladimir Yegorov (1938–2022) | 8 December 2000 | 28 September 2005 | United Russia | 2000 | ||
| 4 | Georgy Boos (born 1963) | 28 September 2005 | 27 September 2010 | 2005 | |||
| 5 | Nikolay Tsukanov (born 1965) | 28 September 2010 | 28 July 2016 | 2010 2015 | |||
| — | Yevgeny Zinichev (1966–2021) | 28 July 2016 | 6 October 2016 | Independent | |||
| — | Anton Alikhanov (born 1986) | 6 October 2016 | 9 September 2017 | United Russia | 2017 | ||
| 6 | 29 September 2017 | Incumbent | |||||
Timeline edit
Elections edit
The latest election for the office was held on 10 September 2017
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anton Alikhanov | United Russia | 255,491 | 81.06% | |
| Igor Revin | Communist Party | 28,007 | 8.89% | |
| Yevgeny Mishin | Liberal Democratic Party | 17,256 | 5.47% | |
| Yekaterina Timofeeva | Greens | 7,966 | 2.53% | |
| Valid ballots | 308,720 | 97.95% | ||
| Invalid ballots | 6,467 | 2.05% | ||
| Turnout | 315,187 | 39.35% | ||
External links edit
- Government of Kaliningrad Oblast 2009-04-30 at the Wayback Machine in Russian