The governor of Ryazan Oblast () is the highest official of Ryazan Oblast, a federal subject of Russia. The governor heads the executive branch in the region.
History of office The office of the Head of Administration of Ryazan Oblast was introduced on 25 September 1991 by the decree of the President of Russia Boris Yeltsin. Lev Poliyevktovich Bashmakov was appointed to the post, who already headed the region in 1988–90 as Chairman of the Executive Committee.
In December 1996, the first gubernatorial elections were held in the region. Member of the Communist Party Vyacheslav Lyubimov was the winner. The legislative election that followed a few months later also resulted in Communists' success, and Ryazan Oblast became a "red" region for the next 10 years.
In August 2002, amendments were made to the Charter of Ryazan Oblast: the post of "Head of Administration" was replaced by "Governor", who was also allowed to run for a third term. In 2012, the term of office was extended from four to five years.
List of officeholders PortraitGovernor Tenure Time in officeParty Election 1 Lev Bashmakov(1938–2018) – 25 January 1994(removed) Independent Appointed 2 Gennady Merkulov(1940–2015) – 15 October 1996(resigned) – Igor Ivlev(born 1941) – 6 January 1997(lost election) Agrarian Acting 3 Vyacheslav Lyubimov(born 1947) – 12 April 2004(lost re-election) Communist 19962000 4 Georgy Shpak(born 1943) – 12 April 2008(was not renominated) Independent →United Russia 2004 5Oleg Kovalyov(1948–2020) – 10 July 2012(resigned) United Russia 2008 – "On the early termination of powers of the Governor of Ryazan Oblast", Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of 10 July 2012 No. 944 – 19 October 2012 Acting (5) – 14 February 2017(resigned) 2012 –Nikolay Lyubimov(born 1971) – 18 September 2017 Acting 6 – 10 May 2022(resigned) 2017 – Pavel Malkov(born 1980) – 22 September 2022 Acting 7 – present 2022
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