Governor of Belgorod Oblast

Governor of Belgorod Oblast (Russian: Губернатор Белгородской области) is the highest official and the head of the executive power of Belgorod Oblast, a region in Central Russia.

Governor of Belgorod Oblast
Coat of arms of Belgorod Oblast
Incumbent
Vyacheslav Gladkov
since 27 September 2021
SeatBelgorod
Term lengthFive years, no more than two consecutive terms
Inaugural holderViktor Berestovoy
Websitebelregion.ru

History of office edit

The office of the Head of Administration was introduced in Russia in August 1991 during the downfall of the Soviet Union. Administrations and their Heads were supposed to replace Soviet executive committees (ispolkoms) and their chairmen. The first head of Belgorod Oblast Administration Viktor Berestovoy was appointed by president Boris Yeltsin in November 1991. Two years later he was removed from office for his support of the Supreme Soviet and Vice President Alexander Rutskoy in the 1993 constitutional crisis.[1]

Berestovoy's successor Yevgeny Savchenko, had previously worked as deputy head of the Main Directorate of Crop Production of the Ministry of Agriculture. In office from October 1993 to September 2020, he is the longest-serving Russian governor in post-Soviet history.

List of office-holders edit

 
Belgorod Oblast Administration
# Photo Name In office Party Election
1   Viktor Berestovoy
(born 1948)
30 November 1991 – 11 October 1993 Independent
  Yevgeny Savchenko
(born 1950)
11 October 1993 – 18 December 1993 Independent

United Russia
1995

1999


2003


2007[2]


2012


2017[3]

2 18 December 1993 – 22 September 2020[4]
  Denis Butsayev
(born 1977)
22 September 2020 – 18 November 2020 United Russia
  Vyacheslav Gladkov
(born 1969)
18 November 2020 – 27 September 2021 2021
3 since 27 September 2021

Timeline edit

Vyacheslav GladkovDenis ButsayevYevgeny SavchenkoViktor Berestovoy

References edit

  1. ^ "Борис Ельцин поручил пресс-службе распространить пакет указов и распоряжений" [Boris Yeltsin instructed the press service to spread a number of decrees and orders] (in Russian). Kommersant. 1993-10-12.
  2. ^ "Пятнадцать лет — не срок" [Fifteen years is not a period] (in Russian). Rossiyskaya Gazeta. 2007-06-18.
  3. ^ "«Сон о Москве». Как Евгений Савченко вступал в должность губернатора" ["Dream of Moscow". How Yevgeny Savchenko took over as governor] (in Russian). BelPressa. 2017-09-17.
  4. ^ "Биография губернатора Белгородской области Евгения Савченко" [Biography of the Governor of Belgorod Oblast Yevgeny Savchenko] (in Russian). TASS. 2020-09-17.