The Governor of Arkhangelsk Oblast () is the head of Arkhangelsk Oblast, the federal subject of Russia. Governor is elected by the people for five years. The current governor is Alexander Tsybulsky.
History of the office Until 1991, the actual highest official of the region was the First Secretary of the Arkhangelsk Regional Committee of the Communist Party. The executive functions were carried out by the ispolkom (regional executive committee) formed by the regional council. The chairman of ispolkom was the nominal head of the region. In the spring of 1990, after the cancellation of Article 6 of the Soviet Constitution and free elections of local councils, the role of the regional council and ispolkom has significantly increased. In the Arkhangelsk region, the post of chairman of the regional council during this period was held by Pavel Balakshin, while Anatoly Gromoglasov was the first secretary of the CPSU regional committee.
After the August coup of 1991, executive committees of all levels began to be replaced by administrations. On 19 September 1991, Pavel Balakshin was appointed Head of Administration of Arkhangelsk Oblast.
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PortraitGovernor Tenure Time in officeParty Election 1 Pavel Balakshin(1936–2024) – 21 February 1996(removed) Independent Appointed –Valentin Vlasov(1946–2020) – 4 March 1996 Acting2Anatoly Yefremov(1952–2009) – 14 April 2004(lost re-election)Independent →United RussiaAppointed
199620003Nikolay Kiselyov(born 1950) – 18 April 2008(was not renominated) Independent20044Ilya Mikhalchuk(born 1957) – 13 January 2012(resigned)United Russia2008–Igor Orlov(born 1964) – 3 February 2012Acting5 – 22 May 2015(resigned)2012– – 24 September 2015Acting(5) – 2 April 2020(resigned)2015–Alexander Tsybulsky(born 1979) – 8 October 2020Acting6 – present20202025
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Elections 2020 The latest election for the office was held on 13 September 2020. CandidatesPartyVotes% Alexander Tsybulsky United Russia 69.63% Irina Chirkova A Just Russia 16.92% Sergey Pivkov Liberal Democratic Party 6.76% Andrey Yesipov Communist Party of Social Justice 2.13% Nikolay Vakorin Party of Pensioners 1.78% Ayman Tyukina Green Alternative 1.24%Source
2015 CandidatesPartyVotes%Igor OrlovUnited Russia109,52453.25Olga OsitsynaLiberal Democratic Party39,51919.22Vasily PavlovCommunist Party23,83411.59Nadezhda KrayevaA Just Russia22,45410.92Vladimir KertsevCommunists of Russia5,8302.83
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