Governor of Leningrad Oblast

The Governor of Leningrad Oblast () is the head of executive branch for the Leningrad Oblast, considered as Prime Minister of Leningrad 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 Saint Petersburg. The current Governor is Aleksandr Drozdenko, who assumed office on May 11, 2012.

List of office-holders

Chairmen of Executive Committee of Leningrad Oblast (1927–1991)

1. Nikolay Komarov (1927–1930)
2. Ivan Kodatsky (1930–1931)
3. Fyodor Tsarkov (1931—1932)
4. Pyotr Strouppe (1932–1936)
5. Alexey Grichmanov (1936–1937)
6. Pyoter Tyurkin (1937)
7. Anton Nikitin (1937)
8. Nikolai Solovyov (1938–1946)
9. Ilya Kharitonov (1946–1948)
10. Ivan Dmitriev (1948–1950)
11. Ivan Petrov (1950–1952)
12. Vladimir Ponomaryov (1952–1954)
13. Georgiy Vorobyov (1954–1957)
14. Nikolay Smirnov (1957–1961)
15. Grigoriy Kozlov (1961–1963, 1964–1968)
16. Vasily Sominich (1963–1964) / Boris Popov (1963–1964)
17. Alexander Shibalov (1968–1980)
18. Ratmir Bobovikov (1980–1983)
19. Nikolai Popov (1983–1989)
20. Yury Yarov (1989–1991)

Timeline

Elections

References