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
since 20 September 2024
ResidenceKaliningrad
Term lengthFour years, renewable once
Inaugural holderYuri Matochkin
1991
Formation1946 as Chairman of Executive Committee of Kaliningrad Oblast
WebsiteGovernment 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 acting Governor is Alexey Besprozvannykh who assumed office 15 May 2024.[1]

Chairmen of the Kaliningrad Oblast Executive Committee (1947–91)

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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:

  1. Vasily Borisov (May 1947 – April 1948)
  2. Alexey Yegorov (April 1948 – December 1951)
  3. Zakhar Slaykovsky (December 1951 – May 1962)
  4. Yakov Prushinsky (May 1962 – March 1966)
  5. Vladimir Vitkovsky (May 1966 – May 1983)
  6. Vasily Loginov (June 1983 – April 1987)
  7. Yuri Malinkin (April 1987 – September 1991)

List of governors

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# 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

2022

6 29 September 2017 14 May 2024
  Sergei Yeliseyev

(born 1971)

14 May 2024 15 May 2024 Independent
  Alexey Besprozvannykh

(born 1979)

15 May 2024 Incumbent Independent

Timeline

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Alexey BesprozvannykhSergei YeliseyevAnton AlikhanovYevgeny ZinichevNikolay TsukanovGeorgy BoosVladimir Yegorov (politician, born 1938)Leonid GorbenkoYuri Matochkin

Elections

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The latest election for the office was held September 11 2022.[2]

Summary of the 9–11 September 2022 Kaliningrad Oblast gubernatorial election results
Candidate Party Votes %
Anton Alikhanov (incumbent) United Russia 259,220 80.21
Yevgeny Mishin Liberal Democratic Party 20,683 6.40
Maksim Bulanov Communist Party 15,783 4.88
Yury Shitikov A Just Russia — For Truth 12,089 3.74
Vladimir Vukolov Party of Pensioners 4,722 1.46
Vladimir Sultanov Communists of Russia 4,256 1.32
Valid votes 316,753 98.01
Blank ballots 6,410 1.98
Total 323,172 100.00
Turnout 323,172 38.49
Registered voters 839,700 100.00
Source: [3]

The previous 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%

References

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  1. ^ "Что известно о новом врио губернатора Калининградской области". Ведомости. Северо-Запад (in Russian). 2024-05-15. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
  2. ^ "Выборы Губернатора Калининградской области" (PDF). izbirkom39.ru. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  3. ^ Результаты выборов Губернатора Калининградской области, 2022
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