Governor of the Sakhalin Oblast
Coat of Arms of Sakhalin Oblast
Flag of Sakhalin Oblast
Incumbent
Valery Limarenko
since September 12, 2019
Government of Sakhalin Oblast
StyleHis Excellency, Mr. Governor
ResidenceCommunist Avenue 32, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
SeatYuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Term length5 years
Formation1991
First holderValentin Fyodorov

The Governor of Sakhalin Oblast (Russian: Губернатор Сахалинской области) is the head of the executive branch of the Government of Sakhalin Oblast and the highest official of the oblast. The governor has a duty to enforce state laws in the region and to approve bills passed by the Sakhalin Oblast Duma or to disapprove it.

Since the formation of the position in 1991 there have been eight governors, including two interim governors. Igor Farkhutdinov was the only governor to die in office. The current governor, Valery Limarenko, has been interim governor since December 7, 2018.

The longest serving governors were Igor Farkhtdinov and Aleksandr Khoroshavin, who both served for 8 years in the office.

Powers

  • Forms the government, appoint the main officials of the provincial government. Performs the power of the highest official of the oblast.
  • Take decision on the strategic development of the oblast and make socio-economic policy of the oblast.
  • Ensures the observance of rights and freedoms of the citizen living in the oblast. Implementation of Federal and oblast laws and the Russian legislation in the oblast.
  • Solves the issue of civil service. He/she appoints or dismissed the main holders of post of the oblast government.
  • Appoints the head of the districts of oblast.
  • Holds meetings of the oblast government on serious issues.
  • Issue decrees and orders to implement law in the oblast.

List of governors

No Image Governor Took office Left office Party Election
1 Valentin Fyodorov
(1939–2021)		 8 October 1991[1] 8 April 1993 Independent
2 Yevgeny Krasnoyarov
(born 1939)		 8 April 1993 25 April 1995
3 Igor Farkhutdinov
(1950–2003)		 25 April 1995 20 August 2003 1996

2000

— Ivan Malakhov
(born 1953)		 20 August 2003 December 2003 United Russia 2003[2]
4 December 2003 7 August 2007[3]
— Aleksandr Khoroshavin
(born 1959)		 7 August 2007 9 August 2007 2007

2011

5 9 August 2007 25 March 2015[4]
— Oleg Kozhemyako
(born 1962)		 25 March 2015 13 September 2015 2015
6 13 September 2015 27 September 2018
— Vera Shcherbina
(born 1958)		 27 September 2018 7 December 2018
— Valery Limarenko
(born 1960)		 7 December 2018 12 September 2019 Independent 2019
7 12 September 2019 Incumbent

Timeline

Valery LimarenkoVera ShcherbinaOleg KozhemyakoAleksandr KhoroshavinIvan MalakhovIgor FarkhutdinovYevgeny KrasnoyarovValentin Fyodorov

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Указ Президента РСФСР от 08.10.1991 г. № 139 «О главах администраций краев и областей РСФСР»". Archived from the original on 11 February 2022.
  2. ↑ Губернатором Сахалинской области стал Иван Малахов, lenta.ru (22 December 2003)
  3. ↑ Губернатор Сахалина поплатился за землетрясение должностью
  4. ↑ Путин подписал указ об отставке Хорошавина
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