Post: | Governor |
Body: | Samara Oblast |
Insignia: | Standard of the Governor of Samara Oblast.svg |
Insigniasize: | 125px |
Insigniacaption: | Standard of the Governor |
Incumbent: | Vyacheslav Fedorishchev |
Seat: | Samara |
Incumbentsince: | 13 September 2024 |
Termlength: | 5 years |
Formation: | 1991 |
Website: | www.samregion.ru |
The Governor of Samara Oblast (ru|Губернатор Самарской области) is the head of government of Samara Oblast, a federal subject of Russia.
The position was introduced in 1991 as Head of Administration of Samara 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 | Governor | Tenure | Party | Election | |||
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1 | Konstantin Titov (born 1944) | 31 August 1991[1] – 6 April 2000[2] | Independent | 1996[3] | |||
— | Yury Logoydo (born 1938) | 6 April – 9 July 2000[4] | |||||
(1) | Konstantin Titov (born 1944) | 9 July 2000 – 27 August 2007 | SPS | 2000[5] ----2005[6] | |||
United Russia | |||||||
2 | Vladimir Artyakov (born 1959) | 29 August 2007 – 10 May 2012 | 2007[7] | ||||
3 | Nikolay Merkushkin (born 1951) | 12 May 2012 – 6 June 2014 | 2012[8] ----2014[9] | ||||
— | 6 June – 23 September 2014 | ||||||
(3) | 23 September 2014 – 25 September 2017 | ||||||
— | Dmitry Azarov (born 1970) | 25 September 2017 – 17 September 2018 | 2018[10] | ||||
4 | 17 September 2018 – 31 May 2024 | ||||||
— | Vyacheslav Fedorishchev (born 1989) | since 31 May 2024 | Independent |