The governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast () is the highest official of Sverdlovsk Oblast, a region of Russia. He heads the government of Sverdlovsk Oblast and is elected by direct popular vote for the term of five years.
History of office On 16 October 1991, chairman of executive committee of Sverdlovsk Oblast Eduard Rossel was appointed Head of Administration of the region. Rossel pursued a policy aimed at obtaining the economic and legislative independence from the federal Center. The leadership of Sverdlovsk Oblast put forward the idea of transforming the region into an autonomous republic.Yekaterinburg and Sverdlovsk Oblast in June 1993, "International Institute for Humanitarian and Political Studies" President of Russia Boris Yeltsin initially announced his support for the Ural Republic, but on 9 November 1993, a presidential decree was issued on the dissolution of the Sverdlovsk Regional Council, and on the next day Eduard Rossel himself was sacked.
In 1995 election, Rossel surpassed Alexey Strakhov, and he took office as governor. He reigned for the next 14 years. In 2009, president Dmitry Medvedev appointed deputy minister of transport Alexander Misharin as the new head of the region. Three years later he was succeeded by Yevgeny Kuyvashev. In 2016 the separate office of the Chairman of the Government of Sverdlovsk Oblast was abolished.
List of officeholders Portrait Governor Tenure Time in officePartyElection1 Eduard Rossel(born 1937) – 10 November 1993(removed) Independent Appointed – Valery Trushnikov(1950–2008) – 6 January 1994 Acting 2 Aleksey Strakhov(born 1942) – 23 August 1995(lost election) Appointed (1) Eduard Rossel(born 1937) – 23 November 2009(was not renominated) Transformation of Ural →United Russia 1995199920032005 3 Alexander Misharin(born 1959) – 14 May 2012(resigned) United Russia 2009 – Anatoly Gredin(born 1956) – 6 February 2012 Acting for Misharin–Yevgeny Kuyvashev(born 1971) – 29 May 2012 Acting4 – 17 April 2017(resigned) 2012– – 18 September 2017 Acting(4) – 26 March 2025(resigned) 20172022–Denis Pasler(born 1978) – 16 September 2025 Acting5 – present 2025
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