Governor of Penza Oblast explained

Post:	Governor of Penza Oblast
Country:	Russia
Insignia:	Coat of arms of Penza Oblast.svg
Insigniasize:	125px
Insigniacaption:	Coat of arms of Penza Oblast
Incumbent:	Oleg Melnichenko
Incumbentsince:	28 September 2021
Appointed:	by direct election
Term Of Office:	5 years
Appeared:	1991
First:	Alexander Kondratyev

Governor of Penza Oblast (Russian: Губернатор Пензенской области) is the head of the executive branch of the government of Penza Oblast, a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia.

Election

The procedure for the election and inauguration of the governor of Penza is determined by the federal law,^[1] the Charter of the Penza Region and the law on the election of a governor.

For the first time, the elections of the governor (head of administration) of the Penza region were held in April 1993, then were held in April 1998, and in April 2002. In December 2004, direct election of governors was abolished, instead governors were appointed by the president through the regional parliament. Thus, in May 2005 and April 2010, the Governor of the Penza Region was elected by the President of Russia and approved in the position by the Legislative Assembly. In 2012, direct elections of the heads of regions were returned, but with the condition that candidates pass through the municipal filter. According to these rules, the elections of the governor of the Penza region were held in September 2015 and September 2020.

List

No.	Image	Governor	Tenure	Party		Election
1		Aleksandr Kondratyev (1947–2017)	24 October 1991 – 12 April 1993		Independent
2		Anatoly Kovlyagin (1938–2009)	–			1993
3		Vasily Bochkaryov (1949–2016)	18 April 1998 – 25 May 2015			1998----2002^[2] ----2005----2010
					United Russia
—		Ivan Belozertsev (born 1958)	25 May 2015 – 13 September 2015			2015----2020
4			13 September 2015 – 23 March 2021^[3]
—		Nikolay Simonov (born 1956)	23 March 2021 – 26 March 2021
—		Oleg Melnichenko (born 1973)	26 March 2021 — 28 September 2021			2021
5			since 28 September 2021

Notes and References

1. Federal Law of December 11, 2004 No. 159-FZ "On Amendments to the Federal Law" On the General Principles of Organization of Legislative (Representative) and Executive Bodies of State Power of the Subjects of the Russian Federation” and the Federal Law “On the Basic Guarantees of Electoral Rights and the Right to Participate in a Referendum of Citizens of the Russian Federation”
2. Web site: 14 апреля 2002 года, выборы Губернатора Пензенской области. ru. 14 April 2002, gubernatorial elections in Penza Oblast. CEC.
3. Web site: en. Decree on the early termination of the powers of the Governor of the Penza Region. President of Russia. 23 March 2021 . 2021-03-23.