Governor of Vladimir Oblast

Governor of Vladimir Oblast
Standard of the Governor
Incumbent Aleksandr Avdeyev since 4 October 2021
Seat	Vladimir
Term length	5 years
Inaugural holder	Yury Vlasov
Formation	1991
Website	gubernator33.ru

The governor of Vladimir Oblast (Russian: Губернатор Владимирской области) is the highest official of Vladimir Oblast, a region in Central Russia. He heads the supreme executive body of the region — the Administration of Vladimir Oblast.

History of office

At the initial stage of post-Soviet history of Russia, it was assumed that the elections of regional leaders would be introduced in all regions. In August 1991, Russian President Boris Yeltsin promised an early elections. For the transition period, a new institution was created — the head of the regional administration appointed by the president. On 25 September, by presidential decree, Yury Vlasov, 30-year-old deputy head of Vladimir City Executive Committee, was appointed Head of Administration of Vladimir Oblast. He became the youngest governor in Russia.^[1]

The 1st Legislative Assembly of Vladimir Oblast (March 1994 — December 1996) led by Communist Nikolay Vinogradov tried to get the Russian president to set gubernatorial elections in the region. In September 1996, Boris Yeltsin signed a decree "On the election of the head of administration of Vladimir Oblast", which allowed the election in December that year.^[2] Vlasov lost this election to Vinogradov. In 2000 the office of the head of administration was renamed into governor of Vladimir Oblast.

List of office-holders

This is a list of governors of Vladimir Oblast:

No.	Portrait	Governor	Tenure	Party		Election
1		Yury Vlasov (1961–2019)	25 September 1991 — 17 December 1996		Independent
2		Nikolay Vinogradov (born 1947)	17 December 1996 — 24 March 2013		Communist	1996 2000 2005 2009
—		Svetlana Orlova (born 1954)	24 March 2013 — 23 September 2013		United Russia	2013
3			23 September 2013[3] — 8 October 2018
4		Vladimir Sipyagin (born 1970)	8 October 2018 — 4 October 2021[4]		Liberal Democratic	2018
—		Aleksandr Avdeyev (born 1975)	4 October 2021[5] – 16 September 2022		United Russia	2022
5			since 16 September 2022[6]

References

1. "Власов Юрий Васильевич, губернатор Владимирской области в 1991-1996 гг" [Vlasov Yury Vasilyevich, governor of Vladimir Oblast in 1991–1996] (in Russian). {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
2. "Указ Президента РФ от 27 сентября 1996 г. № 1399 «О выборах главы администрации Владимирской области»" [Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of September 27, 1996 No. 1399 "On the election of the head of administration of Vladimir Oblast"]. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
3. "Орлова вступила в должность" [Orlova took office] (in Russian).
4. "Владимирский губернатор Сипягин покинет пост из-за перехода в Госдуму" [Vladimir's Governor Sipyagin will leave the post due to the transition to the State Duma] (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 2021-09-29.
5. "Путин назначил главой Владимирской области депутата-единоросса". RBC (in Russian). 2021-10-04.
6. "Избранный губернатор Владимирской области вступил в должность". Regnum (in Russian). 2022-09-16.