Governor of Khabarovsk Krai

Governor of Khabarovsk Krai
Coat of arms of Khabarovsk Krai
Incumbent Dmitry Demeshin since 13 September 2024
Seat	Khabarovsk
Nominator	Popular vote
Term length	5 years
Inaugural holder	Viktor Ishayev
Formation	1991
Website	khabkrai.ru

The governor of Khabarovsk Krai (Russian: Губернатор Хабаровского края) is the highest official of Khabarovsk Krai, a federal subject of Russia, situated in the Far Eastern region of the country. The governor is elected by direct popular vote for the term of five years.

History of office

After the August putsch of 1991 in the USSR, the democratic leadership of Russia began to create new executive structures in the regions: Soviet-era ispolkoms (executive committees) were replaced by administrations. On 24 October 1991 president of Russia Boris Yeltsin appointed former first deputy chairman of Khabarovsk Krai ispolkom Viktor Ishayev as Head of Administration of Khabarovsk Krai. From 1 November 2001 the office is styled as Governor of Khabarovsk Krai.^[1]

List of officeholders

No.	Image	Governor	Tenure	Party		Election
1		Viktor Ishayev (born 1948)	24 October 1991 — 30 April 2009		Independent	1996 2000 2004 2007
					United Russia
2		Vyacheslav Shport (born 1954)	6 May 2009 — 30 April 2013			2009 2013
—			30 April — 17 September 2013
(2)			17 September 2013[2] — 28 September 2018
3		Sergey Furgal (born 1970)	28 September 2018[3] — 20 July 2020[4]		LDPR	2018
—		Mikhail Degtyarev (born 1981)	20 July 2020 — 24 September 2021			2021
4			24 September 2021[5] — 14 May 2024
—		Aleksandr Nikitin	14 May 2024 — 15 May 2024		United Russia	—
—		Dmitry Demeshin	since 15 May 2024		Independent

Timeline

References

1. "Новый дальневосточный полпред Виктор Ишаев был главой Хабаровского края более семнадцати лет" [The new Far Eastern plenipotentiary Viktor Ishayev led Khabarovsk Krai for more than seventeen years]. Regnum (in Russian). 2009-04-30.
2. "Шпорт вступил в должность губернатора" [Shport took office as governor]. Rossiyskaya Gazeta (in Russian). 2013-09-17.
3. "Фургал вступил в должность губернатора Хабаровского края" [Furgal took office as governor of Khabarovsk Krai]. Interfax (in Russian). 2018-09-28.
4. "Путин отправил в отставку Фургала" [Putin dismissed Furgal]. RIA Novosti (in Russian). 2020-07-20.
5. "Дегтярёв вступил в должность губернатора Хабаровского края" [Degtyaryov took office as governor of Khabarovsk Krai]. Interfax (in Russian). 2021-09-24.