Post: | Governor |
Body: | Astrakhan Oblast |
Insignia: | Coat of Arms of Astrakhan Oblast.svg |
Insigniasize: | 125px |
Insigniacaption: | Coat of arms of Astrakhan Oblast |
Incumbent: | Igor Babushkin |
Seat: | Astrakhan |
Incumbentsince: | 17 September 2019 |
Termlength: | 5 years |
Formation: | 1991 |
The Governor of Astrakhan Oblast (Russian: Губернатор Астраханской области) is the head of government of Astrakhan Oblast, a federal subject of Russia.
The position was introduced in 1991 as Head of Administration of Astrakhan Oblast. The Governor is elected by direct popular vote for a term of five years.
Portrait | Governor | Tenure | Party | Election | ||
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1 | Anatoly Guzhvin (1946–2004) | 28 August 1991[1] – 17 August 2004[2] | Independent | 1996----2000 | ||
— | Alexander Zhilkin (born 1959) | 17 August – 2 November 2004 | ||||
— | Alexander Glazkov | 2 November – 23 December 2004 | ||||
2 | Alexander Zhilkin (born 1959) | 23 December 2004 – 26 September 2018 | United Russia | 2004----2009----2014 | ||
— | Sergey Morozov (born 1973) | 26 September 2018[3] – 5 June 2019 | ||||
— | Igor Babushkin (born 1970) | 5 June[4] – 17 September 2019 | Independent | 2019 | ||
3 | since 17 September 2019[5] |