| Post: | Governor of Tula Oblast Губернатор Тульской области |
| Insignia: | Flag of Tula Oblast.svg |
| Insigniacaption: | Flag of Tula Oblast |
| Incumbent: | Dmitry Milyaev |
| Acting: | y |
| Incumbentsince: | 14 May 2024 |
| Seat: | Tula |
| Nominator: | Political parties or self-nomination |
| Appointer: | Direct popular vote |
| Termlength: | five years, one consecutive re-election |
| Constituting Instrument: | Charter of Tula Oblast |
| Formation: | 20 October 1991 |
| First: | Nikolai Sevryugin |
| Website: | www.tularegion.ru |
The Governor of Tula Oblast is the head of Tula Oblast, the federal subject of Russia. The governor is elected by the people of Tula Oblast for five years.
Since 14 May 2024, Dmitry Milyaev has been acting governor, as Aleksey Dyumin got position in the Presidential Administration of Russia.
From 1777 to 1796 the power in the Tula Vicegerency was divided between Governors-General and Vicegerents. The highest political power was exercised by the Governors-General. They had unlimited powers and were subject exclusively to the Russian Monarch. As a rule, each Governor-General directed several regions at the same time. In charge of the Vicegerents was directly economic activities in the field.[1]
In 1797 the Tula Governorate was formed, which was headed by the Governor appointed by the Monarch.
The Tula Oblast was formed on 26 September 1937, initially it was headed by the Chairman of the Tula Governorate Committee of RSDLP(b), then the First Secretary of the Tula Oblast Committee of the CPSU.[2] [3]
In 1991, the post of the Head of the Administration of Tula Oblast was established, who was appointed by the President of Russia. On 28 September 1995, a new Charter of Tula Oblast was adopted, in which the post of Head of the Administration was renamed to Governor, who was elected by the people of the Tula Oblast. At the same time, the powers of the Governor before the elections were carried out by the Head of the Administration Nikolai Sevryugin, who was appointed by the President.[4]
The Governor was elected by direct vote in 1997 and 2001, from 2005 to 2011 the Governor was appointed by the President of Russia with the approval of the Tula Oblast Duma. Since 2016, the Governor again elected by direct vote.
| Governor | Term Election | Took office | Left office | Party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nikolai Sevryugin (1939–2002) | 1 (None) | 20 October 1991 | 31 March 1997 | Independent | |||
| 2 | Vasily Starodubtsev (1931–2011) | 2 (1997) | 31 March 1997 | 28 April 2001 | Agrarian Party | |||
| 3 (2001) | 28 April 2001 | 29 April 2005 | ||||||
| 3 | Vyacheslav Dudka (born 1960) | 4 (None) | 29 April 2005 | 29 April 2010 | Independent ↓ United Russia | |||
| 29 April 2010 | 29 July 2011 (Resigned from office) | |||||||
| — | Vladimir Gruzdev (born 1967) | Acting | 29 July 2011 | 18 August 2011 | United Russia | |||
| 4 | 5 (None) | 18 August 2011 | 2 February 2016 (Resigned from office) | |||||
| — | Alexey Dyumin (born 1972) | Acting | 2 February 2016 | 22 September 2016 | Independent | |||
| 5 | 6 (2016) | 22 September 2016 | 22 September 2021 | |||||
| 6 (2021) | 22 September 2021 | 14 May 2024 | ||||||
| — | Dmitry Milyaev (born 1975) | Acting | 14 May 2024 | United Russia | ||||