The governor of Vladimir Oblast () 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.
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. 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: Portrait Governor Tenure Time in office Party Election 1 Yury Vlasov(1961–2019) – 17 December 1996(lost election) Independent Appointed 2 Nikolay Vinogradov(1947–2025) – 24 March 2013(term end) Communist 1996200020052009 –Svetlana Orlova(born 1954) – 23 September 2013 United Russia Acting 3 – 8 October 2018(lost re-election) 2013 4 Vladimir Sipyagin(born 1970) – 4 October 2021(resigned) Liberal Democratic 2018 –Aleksandr Avdeyev(born 1975) – 16 September 2022 United Russia Acting 5 – present2022
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