The Governor of Zabaykalsky Krai () is the head of the executive branch of government in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia (former Chita Oblast and Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug).
List of officeholders
The office of the Head of Administration of Chita Oblast was introduced in November 1991, when Russian president Boris Yeltsin appointed then-chairman of Chita Oblast executive committee Boris Ivanov to serve in this position until a successor is elected by popular vote. In February 1996, Ivanov resigned from office as well as several governors seemed by Yeltsin administration as weak and unpopular. Ivanov was replaced by mayor of Chita Ravil Geniatulin, who then went on to win the election of October 1996, and was re-elected twice in 2000 and 2004. He had remained a nonpartisan politician throughout his term, although he led United Russia party list in the 2008 legislative election. The style of office was changed to "governor of Chita Oblast" in 2005 following an amendment to the regional Charter (constitution).
In 2008, a new federal subject of Russia, Zabaykalsky Krai, was created following a regional referendum. Effectively, Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug was annexed into Chita Oblast. Before the merger, the autonomous okrug had an unclear status, recognised both as a part of Chita Oblast and a federal subject in its own right. Zabaykalsky Krai became the fifth and last case of merger of remote and underpopulated autonomous okrugs with their mother regions. Following the merger, Ravil Geniatulin was reappointed for a five-year term, as gubernatorial elections were abolished countrywide at that moment. He retired in 2013, replaced by State Duma member Konstantin Ilkovsky from A Just Russia party.
PortraitGovernor Tenure Time in officePartyElection 1 Boris Ivanov(born 1941) – 22 January 1996(resigned) Independent Appointed 2 Ravil Geniatulin(born 1955) – 1 March 2008(unification) Independent Appointed
199620002004 (2) Ravil Geniatulin(born 1955) – 1 March 2013(retired) Independent 2008 – Konstantin Ilkovsky(born 1964) – 18 September 2013 A Just Russia Acting 3 – 17 February 2016(resigned) 2013 – Natalia Zhdanova(born 1964) – 29 September 2016 United Russia Acting 4 – 11 October 2018(resigned) 2016 – Aleksandr Kulakov(born 1966) – 25 October 2018 Acting – Aleksandr Osipov(born 1969) – 19 September 2019 Independent Acting 5 – present 20192024
Timeline
Elections 8 September 2019 PlaceCandidatePartyVotes% 1. Aleksandr Osipov Self-nominated 89.61 2. Yelena Krauze Party of Pensioners 3.33 3. Vyacheslav Ushakov Patriots of Russia 2.59 4. Yana Shpak Party of Growth 2.07
18 September 2016 PlaceCandidatePartyVotes% 1.Natalia ZhdanovaUnited Russia165,47254.39 2.Nikolay MerzlikinCommunist Party87,43428.74 3.Anatoly VershininAgrarian Party of Russia29,6949.76 4.Tagir AglyamovPatriots of Russia10,1543.34
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