| Post: | Governor |
| Body: | Zabaykalsky Krai |
| Insignia: | Coat of arms of Zabaykalsky Krai.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 125px |
| Insigniacaption: | Coat of Arms of Zabaykalsky Krai |
| Incumbent: | Aleksandr Osipov |
| Incumbentsince: | October 25, 2018 |
| Termlength: | 5 years |
| Formation: | 1996 |
| Inaugural: | Ravil Geniatulin |
The Governor of Zabaykalsky Krai (Russian: Губернатор Забайкальского края) is the head of the executive branch of government in Zabaykalsky Krai (former Chita Oblast and Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug).
Styled as Head of Chita Oblast Administration before 2005.
| Portrait | Governor | Tenure | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boris Ivanov (born 1941) | 5 November 1991 – 1 February 1996 | PRES | ||
| 2 | Ravil Geniatulin (born 1955) | 1 February 1996 – 1 March 2008 | Independent → United Russia |
| Portrait | Head | Tenure | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gurodarma Tsedashiyev (1948–2015) | 26 December 1991 – 13 January 1996 | Independent | ||
| 2 | Bolot Ayushiyev (born 1949) | 13 January 1996 – 6 February 1997 | |||
| 3 | Bair Zhamsuyev (born 1959) | 5 March 1997 – 1 March 2008 | Independent → United Russia |
On 1 March 2008, Zabaykalsky Krai was formed as a new region of the Russian Federation, following a referendum of unification of Chita Oblast and Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug.
| Portrait | Governor | Tenure | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (2) | Ravil Geniatulin (born 1955) | 1 March 2008 – 1 March 2013 | United Russia | |
| 3 | Konstantin Ilkovsky (born 1964) | 1 March – 18 September 2013 | A Just Russia | |
| 18 September 2013 – 17 February 2016 | ||||
| 4 | Natalia Zhdanova (born 1964) | 18 February – 29 September 2016 | United Russia | |
| 29 September 2016 – 11 October 2018 | ||||
| - | Aleksandr Kulakov (born 1966) | 11 – 25 October 2018 | ||
| 5 | Aleksandr Osipov (born 1969) | 25 October 2018 – 19 September 2019 | Independent | |
| since 19 September 2019 |
| Place | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 1. | Aleksandr Osipov | Self-nominated | 89,61 | |||
| align=center | 2. | Yelena Krauze | Party of Pensioners | 3,33 | |||
| align=center | 3. | Vyacheslav Ushakov | Patriots of Russia | 2,59 | |||
| align=center | 4. | Yana Shpak | Party of Growth | 2,07 | |||
| Place | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 1. | Natalia Zhdanova | United Russia | 165,472 | 54.39 | ||
| align=center | 2. | Nikolay Merzlikin | Communist Party | 87,434 | 28.74 | ||
| align=center | 3. | Anatoly Vershinin | Agrarian Party of Russia | 29,694 | 9.76 | ||
| align=center | 4. | Tagir Aglyamov | Patriots of Russia | 10,154 | 3.34 | ||