| Governor of Kaliningrad Oblast | |
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 Standard of the Governor | |
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| Residence | Kaliningrad |
| Term length | Four years, renewable once |
| Inaugural holder | Yuri Matochkin 1991 |
| Formation | 1946 as Chairman of Executive Committee of Kaliningrad Oblast |
| Website | Government of Kaliningrad Oblast |
TheGovernor ofKaliningrad Oblast (Губернатор Калининградской области) is the head of executive branch for theKaliningrad Oblast (formerKönigsberg,East Prussia), considered as Prime Minister of Kaliningrad Oblast.
The office ofGovernor 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 inKaliningrad. The current acting Governor isAlexey Besprozvannykh who assumed office 15 May 2024.[1]
Since the creation of Kaliningrad Oblast in 1946 and until the spring of 1990, the Kaliningrad Regional Committee of theCommunist Party had the leading role in its government. The committee was led by:
| No. | Portrait | Name | Tenure | Time in office | Party | Election | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Yuri Matochkin (1931–2006) | 25 September 1991 – 20 October 1996 (lost election) | 5 years, 25 days | Independent | Appointed | |
| 2 |  | Leonid Gorbenko (1939–2010) | 20 October 1996 – 8 December 2000 (lost re-election) | 4 years, 49 days | Our Home – Russia | 1996 | |
| 3 |  | Vladimir Yegorov (1938–2022) | 8 December 2000 – 28 September 2005 (resigned) | 4 years, 294 days | United Russia | 2000 | |
| 4 | _(cropped).jpg) | Georgy Boos (born 1963) | 28 September 2005 – 27 September 2010 (term end) | 4 years, 364 days | 2005 | ||
| 5 |  | Nikolay Tsukanov (born 1965) | 28 September 2010 – 28 July 2016 (resigned) | 5 years, 304 days | 2010 2015 | ||
| — | .jpg) | Yevgeny Zinichev (1966–2021) | 28 July 2016 – 6 October 2016 (resigned) | 70 days | Independent | Acting | |
| — | .jpg) | Anton Alikhanov (born 1986) | 6 October 2016 – 9 September 2017 | 7 years, 221 days | United Russia | ||
| 6 | 29 September 2017 – 14 May 2024 (resigned) | 2017 2022 | |||||
| — |  | Sergei Yeliseyev (born 1971) | 14 May 2024 – 15 May 2024 | 1 day | Independent | Acting | |
| — | | Alexey Besprozvannykh (born 1979) | 15 May 2024 – 20 September 2024 | 1 year, 193 days | United Russia | ||
| 7 | 20 September 2024 – present | 2024 | |||||
Thelatest election for the office was held September 11 2022.[2]
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anton Alikhanov (incumbent) | United Russia | 259,220 | 80.21 | ||
| Yevgeny Mishin | Liberal Democratic Party | 20,683 | 6.40 | ||
| Maksim Bulanov | Communist Party | 15,783 | 4.88 | ||
| Yury Shitikov | A Just Russia — For Truth | 12,089 | 3.74 | ||
| Vladimir Vukolov | Party of Pensioners | 4,722 | 1.46 | ||
| Vladimir Sultanov | Communists of Russia | 4,256 | 1.32 | ||
| Valid votes | 316,753 | 98.01 | |||
| Blank ballots | 6,410 | 1.98 | |||
| Total | 323,172 | 100.00 | |||
| Turnout | 323,172 | 38.49 | |||
| Registered voters | 839,700 | 100.00 | |||
| Source: | [3] | ||||
Theprevious election for the office was held on 10 September 2017
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anton Alikhanov | United Russia | 255,491 | 81.06% | |
| Igor Revin | Communist Party | 28,007 | 8.89% | |
| Yevgeny Mishin | Liberal Democratic Party | 17,256 | 5.47% | |
| Yekaterina Timofeeva | Greens | 7,966 | 2.53% | |
| Valid ballots | 308,720 | 97.95% | ||
| Invalid ballots | 6,467 | 2.05% | ||
| Turnout | 315,187 | 39.35% | ||
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