Governor of Smolensk Oblast
Coat of arms of Smolensk Oblast
Incumbent
Vasily Anokhin
Acting since 17 March 2023
SeatSmolensk
Term length5 years
Inaugural holderValery Fateyev
Formation1991
Websitewww.admin-smolensk.ru/en/

The governor of Smolensk Oblast (Russian: Губернатор Смоленской области) is the highest official of Smolensk Oblast, a region in Central Russia. He heads the supreme executive body of the region — the Smolensk Oblast administration.

Alexey Ostrovsky was dismissed in March 2023 and succeeded by Vasily Anokhin.[1]

List of office-holders

This is a list of governors of Smolensk Oblast:

No.ImageGovernorTenurePartyElection
1 Valery Fateyev
(born 1946)		 24 October 1991 – 11 May 1993[2] Independent
2 Anatoly Glushenkov
(1942–2018)		 29 April 1993 – 29 May 1998 1993[3]
3 Aleksandr Prokhorov
(born 1953)		 29 May 1998 – 24 May 2002 1998
4 Viktor Maslov
(born 1950)		 24 May 2002 – 18 December 2007 United Russia 2002

2005[2]

5 Sergey Antufyev
(born 1955)		 24 December 2007 — 20 April 2012 2007[2]
6 Alexey Ostrovsky
(born 1976)		 26 April 2012 — 18 May 2015 LDPR 2012

2015

2020[4]

— 18 May — 28 September 2015
(6) 28 September 2015 — 17 March 2023
— Vasily Anokhin
(born 1983)		 since 17 March 2023[1]

Elections

The latest election for the office was held on 13 September 2020

2020

Candidates Party Votes %
Aleksandr Bichayev Communists of Russia 14,0016.24
Olga Kalistratova A Just Russia 17,9718
Andrey Mitrofanenkov Communist Party of the Russian Federation 57,93725.8
Alexey Ostrovsky Liberal Democratic Party of Russia 126,94756.54

2015

The election was held on 13 September 2015

Candidates Party Votes %
Vladimir Zaytsev Party for Justice! 4,6302.03
Nikolay Kuznetsov Communist Party of the Russian Federation 26,50711.62
Sergey Lebedev A Just Russia 28,32912.42
Yelena Lobanova Civic Platform 12,4225.45
Alexey Ostrovsky Liberal Democratic Party of Russia 148,70065.18

References

  1. 1 2 "Vasily Anokhin appointed Acting Governor of Smolensk Region". press release. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
  2. 1 2 3 "История выборов и назначений губернатора Смоленской области" [History of elections and appointments of the governor of Smolensk Oblast] (in Russian). TASS.
  3. ↑ "Умер бывший губернатор Смоленской области Анатолий Глушенков". Kommersant. 2018-01-16. Archived from the original on 2018-01-17. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
  4. ↑ "Островский вступил в должность губернатора Смоленской области" [Ostrovsky took office as Governor of Smolensk Oblast] (in Russian). TASS. 2020-09-18.


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