The Governor of Leningrad Oblast () is the head of executive branch for the Leningrad Oblast, considered as Prime Minister of Leningrad Oblast.
The office of Governor is an elected position, for which elected officials serve four year terms. While individual politicians may serve as many terms as they can be elected to, Governors cannot be elected to more than two consecutive terms.
The official residence for the Governor is located in Saint Petersburg. The current Governor is Aleksandr Drozdenko, who assumed office on May 11, 2012.
List of office-holders PortraitGovernor Tenure Time in officeParty Election 1 Aleksandr Belyakov(born 1945) –3 October 1996(lost election) Independent Appointed 2 Vadim Gustov(born 1948) –21 September 1998(resigned) 1996 –Valery Serdyukov(born 1945) –19 September 1999 Acting 3 –28 May 2012(resigned) United Russia199920032007 4Aleksandr Drozdenko(born 1964) –12 May 2015(resigned) 2012 – –13 September 2015 Acting (4) –Incumbent201520202025
Chairmen of Executive Committee of Leningrad Oblast (1927–1991)
Nikolay Komarov (1927–1930) Ivan Kodatsky (1930–1931) Fyodor Tsarkov (1931—1932) Pyotr Strouppe (1932–1936) Alexey Grichmanov (1936–1937) Pyoter Tyurkin (1937) Anton Nikitin (1937) Nikolai Solovyov (1938–1946) Ilya Kharitonov (1946–1948) Ivan Dmitriev (1948–1950) Ivan Petrov (1950–1952) Vladimir Ponomaryov (1952–1954) Georgiy Vorobyov (1954–1957) Nikolay Smirnov (1957–1961) Grigoriy Kozlov (1961–1963, 1964–1968) Vasily Sominich (1963–1964) / Boris Popov (1963–1964) Alexander Shibalov (1968–1980) Ratmir Bobovikov (1980–1983) Nikolai Popov (1983–1989) Yury Yarov (1989–1991)
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