Governor of Smolensk Oblast explained

Post:Governor
Body:Smolensk Oblast
Insignia:Coat of arms of Smolensk oblast.svg
Insigniasize:125px
Insigniacaption:Coat of arms of Smolensk Oblast
Incumbent:Vasily Anokhin
Incumbentsince:17 March 2023
Termlength:5 years
Seat:Smolensk
Formation:1991
Inaugural:Valery Fateyev
Acting:yes

The governor of Smolensk Oblast (Russian: Губернатор Смоленской области) is the highest official of Smolensk Oblast, a region in Central Russia. He heads the supreme executive body of the region — the Smolensk Oblast administration.

Alexey Ostrovsky was dismissed in March 2023 and succeeded by Vasily Anokhin.[1]

List of office-holders

This is a list of governors of Smolensk Oblast:

No. Image Governor Tenure Party Election
1Valery Fateyev
(born 1946)
24 October 1991 – 11 May 1993[2] Independent
2Anatoly Glushenkov
(1942–2018)
29 April 1993 – 29 May 19981993[3]
3Aleksandr Prokhorov
(born 1953)
29 May 1998 – 24 May 20021998
4Viktor Maslov
(born 1950)
24 May 2002 – 18 December 2007United Russia2002----2005
5Sergey Antufyev
(born 1955)
24 December 2007 — 20 April 20122007
6Alexey Ostrovsky
(born 1976)
26 April 2012 — 18 May 2015LDPR2012----2015----2020[4]
18 May — 28 September 2015
(6)28 September 2015 — 17 March 2023
Vasily Anokhin
(born 1983)
since 17 March 2023

Elections

The latest election for the office was held on 13 September 2020

2020

CandidatesPartyVotes%
Aleksandr BichayevCommunists of Russia14,0016.24
Olga KalistratovaA Just Russia17,9718
Andrey MitrofanenkovCommunist Party of the Russian Federation57,93725.8
Alexey OstrovskyLiberal Democratic Party of Russia126,94756.54

2015

The election was held on 13 September 2015

CandidatesPartyVotes%
Vladimir ZaytsevParty for Justice!4,6302.03
Nikolay KuznetsovCommunist Party of the Russian Federation26,50711.62
Sergey LebedevA Just Russia28,32912.42
Yelena LobanovaCivic Platform12,4225.45
Alexey OstrovskyLiberal Democratic Party of Russia148,70065.18

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Vasily Anokhin appointed Acting Governor of Smolensk Region . 2023-03-19 . press release . en.
  2. Web site: История выборов и назначений губернатора Смоленской области. ru. History of elections and appointments of the governor of Smolensk Oblast. TASS.
  3. News: Умер бывший губернатор Смоленской области Анатолий Глушенков . . 2018-01-16 . 2018-02-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180117071723/https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3521690 . 2018-01-17 . live.
  4. Web site: Островский вступил в должность губернатора Смоленской области. ru. Ostrovsky took office as Governor of Smolensk Oblast. 2020-09-18. TASS.