The chairperson of the Sevastopol City State Administration () is the head of the executive branch of Sevastopol city. Informally, it is referred to as governor of Sevastopol.

In Ukraine, the office is an appointed position, with officeholders being appointed by the president on recommendation from the prime minister. According to the Ukrainian Constitution, the chairperson should resign after a new president is elected. City Champion. How Klitschko kept Kyiv, Ukrayinska Pravda (30 January 2020) Since the 2014 Russian aggression against Ukraine and Russian occupation of Sevastopol, Ukrainian authorities have been unable to appoint a new chairperson.

The official residence is located in Sevastopol.

The post was first created in 1992 as the presidential representative in Sevastopol with Ivan Yermakov appointed as the first officeholder. Yermakov previously headed the city's council and its executive committee. The post of Sevastopol city governor historically existed in the city during the Russian Empire from 1872 to 1920. During the Soviet period, the city was governed by the First Secretary of the city's committee of the Communist Party, which was dissolved in Ukraine due to the 1991 August putsch. After the 2014 Crimean crisis and annexation of Crimea, the post was abolished by Sevastopol's facto Russian authorities. The last appointed head of the Sevastopol City State Administration was Volodymyr Yatsuba, who resigned in 2014.

Governors Executive committee chairperson 1954–1957: Serhiy Sosnytskyi 1957–1963: unknown 1963–1973: Pavlo Stenkovyi 1973–1979: Ivan Kyrylenko 1979–1989: Yevgeniy Generalov 1990–1991: Arkadiy Shestakov 1991–1992: Ivan Yermakov

Presidential representative 1992–1994: Ivan Yermakov 1994: Mykola Hlushko (acting January–April) 1994–1995: vacant

Administration chairperson 1995–1998: Viktor Semenov 1998–1999: Borys Kucher 1999–2005: Leonid Zhunko 2005–2006: Serhiy Ivanov 2006–2010: Serhiy Kunitsyn 2010–2011: Valeriy Saratov 2011–2014: Volodymyr Yatsuba 2014: Fedir Rubanov

See also Sevastopol City Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine Governor of Sevastopol (Russia)

References

External links World Statesmen.org