| Post: | Governor |
| Body: | Krasnoyarsk Krai |
| Incumbent: | Mikhail Kotyukov (Acting) |
| Insignia: | Coat of arms of Krasnoyarsk Krai.svg |
| Insigniacaption: | Coat of Arms of Krasnoyarsk Krai |
| Incumbentsince: | 20 April 2023 |
| Residence: | Krasnoyarsk |
| Termlength: | 5 years |
| Formation: | 1991 |
| First: | Arkady Veprev |
| Website: | krskstate.ru |
The governor of Krasnoyarsk Krai (Russian: Губернатор Красноярского края) heads the executive branch in Krasnoyarsk Krai, a federal subject of Russia.
On 29 December 1991 the president of Russia Boris Yeltsin appointed Arkady Veprev as the head of Krasnoyarsk Krai Administration. Veprev, a 64-year old former sovkhoz chairman, who was hostile to privatization, went on a conflict with local legislature and was forced to resign less than 13 months after his appointment. Veprev named economist Valery Zubov as his successor. In April 1993 Zubov was elected governor. Five years later, he lost to General Alexander Lebed, who received about 60% of the vote in the runoff.[1]
After Lebed died in a helicopter crash in April 2002, the early election was set up for 8 September. Alexander Khloponin, governor of Taymyr, won that campaign. In 2007 he was reappointed by president Vladimir Putin as Krasnoyarsk Krai was reorganized by annexation of Taymyr and Evenk Autonomous Okrugs.[2]
| No. | Portrait | Governor | Term of office | Party | Election | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arkady Veprev (1927–2006) | 31 December 1991[3] – 27 January 1993[4] | Independent | ||||
| — | Valery Zubov (1953–2016) | 27 January 1993[5] – May 1993 | 1993 | ||||
| 2 | May 1993 – 4 June 1998 | Our Home – Russia | |||||
| 3 | Alexander Lebed (1950–2002) | 4 June 1998 – 28 April 2002 | NRPR | 1998 | |||
| — | Nikolay Ashlapov (born 1962) | 28 April 2002 – 3 October 2002 | Independent | ||||
| — | Alexander Khloponin (born 1965) | 3 October 2002 – 17 October 2002 | United Russia | 2002----2007[6] | |||
| 4 | 17 October 2002 – 19 January 2010 | ||||||
| — | Edkham Akbulatov (born 1960) | 19 January 2010 – 17 February 2010[7] | |||||
| 5 | Lev Kuznetsov (born 1965) | 17 February 2010 – 12 May 2014[8] | 2010 | ||||
| — | Viktor Tolokonsky (born 1953) | 12 May 2014 – 26 September 2014 | 2014 | ||||
| 6 | 26 September 2014 – 29 September 2017[9] | ||||||
| — | Aleksandr Uss (born 1954) | 29 September 2017 – 21 September 2018 | 2018 | ||||
| 7 | 21 September 2018 – 20 April 2023 | ||||||
— | Mikhail Kotyukov(born 1976) | (Acting) 20 April 2023 - incumbent | United Russia | ||||