The governor of Pskov Oblast () is the highest official of Pskov Oblast, a federal subject of Russia. The governor heads the executive branch in the region.
History of office On 15 November 1991, by the decree of president Boris Yeltsin, the director of Pskovnefteprodukt enterprise Anatoly Dobryakov was appointed Head of Administration of Pskov Oblast. In May 1992, Dobryakov was removed from office after being accused of involvement in illegal selling of fuel and non-ferrous metals to the Baltic states. Deputy mayor of Pskov for economic reforms Vladislav Tumanov was appointed instead. In October 1996 he lost the election to Yevgeny Mikhailov, who became the first Liberal Democrat elected governor in Russia. The 2000 election was the only one to use the first-past-the-post system. On 1 January 2006 the office of the Head of Administration was renamed into Governor of Pskov Oblast.
List of officeholders PortraitGovernor Tenure Time in officeParty Election 1 Anatoly Dobryakov(1939–2003) – 5 May 1992(removed) Independent Appointed – Yury Shmatov(1937–2023) – 22 May 1992(successor took office) Acting 2 Vladislav Tumanov(born 1958) – 10 November 1996(lost election) Appointed 3 Yevgeny Mikhailov(born 1963) – 17 December 2004(lost re-election) Liberal Democratic →United Russia 19962000 4 Mikhail Kuznetsov(born 1968) – 16 February 2009(resigned) Independent →United Russia 2004–Andrey Turchak(born 1975) – 27 February 2009 United Russia Acting5 – 27 February 2014(term end) 2009– – 25 September 2014 Acting(5) – 12 October 2017(resigned) 2014–Mikhail Vedernikov(born 1975) – 17 September 2018 Independent Acting6 – present 20182023
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