Governor of Kamchatka Krai

Governor of Kamchatka Krai
Coat of arms of Kamchatka Krai
Incumbent Vladimir Solodov since 3 April 2020
Inaugural holder	Aleksey Kuzmitsky
Formation	July 2, 2007
Website	www.kamgov.ru

The Governor of Kamchatka Krai (Russian: Губернатор Камчатского края) is the governor of Kamchatka Krai, a federal subject of Russia.

The governor is the highest-ranking official and head of administration of the government of Kamchatka Krai, and is elected for a five-year term that is renewable once consecutively. The office of Governor of Kamchatka Krai was established when Kamchatka Krai was formed on 1 July 2007 as a result of the unification of Kamchatka Oblast and Koryak Autonomous Okrug.

The current governor is Vladimir Solodov of United Russia who took office on 3 April 2020.

Office-holders

No.	Image	Governor	Tenure	Party		Election
Kamchatka Oblast
1		Vladimir Biryukov (1933–2021)	16 November 1991 – 28 December 2000		Independent	1996
2		Mikhail Mashkovtsev (1947–2022)	28 December 2000 – 23 May 2007		Communist	2000 2004
—		Aleksey Kuzmitsky (born 1967)	23 May 2007 – 1 July 2007		United Russia
Kamchatka Krai
3		Aleksey Kuzmitsky (born 1967)	2 July 2007 – 25 February 2011		United Russia	2007
4		Vladimir Ilyukhin (born 1961)	25 February 2011 – 13 May 2015			2011 2015
—			13 May 2015 – 22 September 2015
(4)			22 September 2015 – 3 April 2020
—		Vladimir Solodov (born 1982)	3 April 2020 – 21 September 2020			2020
5			since 21 September 2020

Elections

Vladimir Solodov was appointed by the President of Russian Federation, an election was held on 13 September 2015 for the office:

Candidates	Party	Votes	%
Vladimir Ilyukhin	United Russia	57,517	75.48
Valery Kalashnikov	Liberal Democratic Party of Russia	6,206	8.14
Alexander Ostrikov	Patriots of Russia	2,657	3.49
Mikhail Smagin	Communist Party of the Russian Federation	7,589	9.96

Sources

• World Statesmen.org