| Post: | Governor |
| Body: | Sumy Oblast |
| Insignia: | Coat of Arms of Sumy Oblast.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 125px |
| Insigniacaption: | Seal of Sumy Oblast |
| Incumbent: | Volodymyr Artyukh |
| Acting: | no |
| Incumbentsince: | 12 April 2023 |
| Termlength: | Four years |
| Residence: | Sumy |
| Formation: | 1992 as Presidential representative |
| Inaugural: | Anatoliy Yepifanov 1992–1994 |
| Website: | Government of Sumy Oblast |
The governor of Sumy Oblast is the head of executive branch for the Sumy Oblast.
The office of governor is an appointed position, with officeholders being appointed by the president of Ukraine, on recommendation from the prime minister of Ukraine, to serve four-year term.
The official residence for the governor is located in Sumy.[1]
| No. | Image | Name | Party | Term | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Anatoliy Yepifanov | 1992–1998 | Presidential representative until 1994 | |||
| 2. | Mark Berfman | 1998–1999 | ||||
| 3. | Volodymyr Shcherban | Liberal Party of Ukraine | 1999–2002 | First term | ||
| - | Yuriy Zharkov | 2002 | Acting | |||
| 4. | Volodymyr Shcherban | For United Ukraine! (2002) Our Ukraine | 2002–2005 | Second term | ||
| 5. | Mykola Lavryk | 2005 | First term | |||
| 6. | Nina Harkava | 2005-2006 | ||||
| 7. | Volodymyr Sapsai | 2006 | ||||
| 8. | Pavlo Kachur | People's Movement of Ukraine | 2006-2008 | |||
| 9. | Mykola Lavryk | 2008-2010 | Second term, acting until 2009 | |||
| 10. | Yuriy Chmyr | Party of Regions | 2010-2013 | |||
| 11. | Ihor Yahovdyk | 2013-2014 | ||||
| 12. | Volodymyr Shulha | 2014 | ||||
| - | Viktor Chernyavskyi | 2014 | Acting | |||
| - | Ivan Borshosh | 2014 | Acting | |||
| 13. | Mykola Klochko | 2014-2019 | ||||
| - | Vadym Akperov | 2019 | Acting[2] | |||
| - | Iryna Kupreychyk | Batkivshchyna | 2019-2020 | Acting[3] | ||
| 14. | Dmytro Zhyvytskyi | 2020 | First term.[4] | |||
| 15. | Roman Hryschenko | 2020 | [5] [6] | |||
| - | Serhiy Pakholchuk | 2020 | Acting[7] | |||
| 16. | Vasyl Khoma | 2020-2021 | [8] | |||
| 17. | Dmytro Zhyvytskyi | 2021-2023 | Second term.[9] [10] | |||
| - | Taras Savchenko | 2023 | Acting | |||
| 18. | Volodymyr Artyukh | 2023- | Head of military administration |