The governor of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug (Russian: Губернатор Чукотского автономного округа) is the chief executive of Chukotka, an autonomous region in the Russian Far East.
| Governor of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug | |
|---|---|
 Coat of arms of Chukotka | |
| Seat | Anadyr |
| Term length | 5 years |
| Inaugural holder | Aleksandr Nazarov |
| Formation | 1991 |
| Website | чукотка.рф |
History of office edit
On 11 November 1991 Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Council of Deputies of Chukotka Aleksandr Nazarov was appointed Head of Administration of the autonomy by Russian president Boris Yeltsin. During Nazarov administration, there was a sharp decline in industrial production, most of the miner settlements were liquidated. The population of Chukotka decreased from nearly 164,000 people in 1989 to 54,000 in 2002. In 2000, during Nazarov's reelection campaign, he was summoned for interrogation by the Federal Tax Police Service. Shortly after he withdrew his candidacy.[1]
Nazarov was succeeded by Roman Abramovich, a Russian oligarch and member of the 3rd State Duma from the Chukotka constituency. According to media reports, he invested a lot of his own funds in the development of the region and improving the living standards of the local population.[2] Abramovich asked president Putin to accept his resignation at least two times: in December 2006, and in the fall of 2007, but these attempts were unsuccessful.[3] He resigned in July 2008 and was succeeded by Roman Kopin, former head of Bilibinsky District.[4] Kopin was succeeded by Vladislav Kuznetsov, after the former resigned in March of 2023.
List of office-holders edit
| No. | Portrait | Name
(Birth–Death) |
Term | Political party | Election | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Duration | ||||||
| 1 | 
|
Aleksandr Nazarov (born 1951) |
11 November 1991 | 17 January 2001 | 9 years,
2 months, 6 days |
Independent | 1996 | |
| 2 | .jpg)
|
Roman Abramovich (born 1966) |
17 January 2001 | 3 July 2008 | 7 years,
5 months, 26 days |
2000
| ||
| — | 
|
Roman Kopin (born 1974) |
3 July 2008 | 24 July 2008 | 14 years,
8 months, 12 days |
United Russia | 2008[5]
| |
| 3 | 24 July 2008 | 23 July 2013 | ||||||
| — | 23 July 2013 | 24 September 2013 | ||||||
| (3) | 24 September 2013 | 15 March 2023
(Resigned from office) | ||||||
| 4 | 
|
Vladislav Kuznetsov (born 1969) |
since 15 March 2023[7] | 230 days | 2023 | |||
Timeline edit
References edit
- ^ "Начальник Чукотки оказался замаранным" [The head of Chukotka turned out to be soiled] (in Russian). pravda.ru. 2000-10-25. Retrieved 2013-10-09.
- ^ "Любимый олигарх Кремля" [Kremlin's favorite oligarch]. Gazeta.ru (in Russian). 2006-12-25.
- ^ "Абрамович просит прекратить его полномочия" [Abramovich asks to terminate his powers]. vesti.ru (in Russian). 2006-12-20.
- ^ ""Человек отработал, выполнил свою миссию"" [The man has worked off, he fulfilled his mission]. Gazeta.ru (in Russian). 2008-07-03.
- ^ "Р. Копин вступил в должность губернатора Чукотки" [R. Kopin took office as Governor of Chukotka] (in Russian). 2008-07-24. Archived from the original on 2015-06-23. Retrieved 2015-06-04.
- ^ "Роман Копин официально вступил в должность губернатора Чукотки" [Roman Kopin officially took office as Governor of Chukotka]. Regnum (in Russian). 2018-10-08.
- ^ "И.о. главы Чукотки назначен Владислав Кузнецов". Interfax (in Russian). 15 March 2023.