| Post: | Governor |
| Body: | Kursk Oblast |
| Insignia: | Coat of Arms of Kursk oblast.svg |
| Insigniacaption: | Coat of arms of Kursk Oblast |
| Incumbent: | Alexey Smirnov |
| Acting: | yes |
| Incumbentsince: | 12 May 2024 |
| Seat: | Kursk |
| Termlength: | 5 years |
| Formation: | 1991 |
| First: | Vasily Shuteyev |
The Governor of Kursk Oblast (Russian: Губернатор Курской области) is the head of government of Kursk Oblast, a federal subject of Russia.
The position was introduced in 1991 as Head of Administration of Kursk Oblast. The Governor is elected by direct popular vote for a term of five years and can hold the position for two consecutive terms.
| Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | Elected | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
| 1 | Vasily Shuteyev (born 1942) | 11 December 1991 | 23 October 1996 | Independent | – | ||||
| 2 | Alexander Rutskoy (born 1947) | 23 October 1996 | 18 November 2000 | Derzhava | 1996 | [1] | |||
| 3 | Alexander Mikhailov (1951–2020) | 18 November 2000 | 11 October 2018 | Communist | 2000----2005----2010----2014 | [2] [3] | |||
| United Russia | |||||||||
| — | Roman Starovoyt (born 1972) | 11 October 2018 | 16 September 2019 | United Russia | – | [4] [5] | |||
| 4 | 16 September 2019 | 12 May 2024 | 2019 | ||||||
| – | Alexei Smirnov (born 1973) | 12 May 2024 | Incumbent | Independent | – | ||||
| United Russia | |||||||||