Governor of Penza Oblast () is the head of the executive branch of the government of Penza Oblast, a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia. Election The procedure for the election and inauguration of the governor of Penza is determined by the federal law,Federal Law of December 11, 2004 No. 159-FZ "On Amendments to the Federal Law" On the General Principles of Organization of Legislative (Representative) and Executive Bodies of State Power of the Subjects of the Russian Federation” and the Federal Law “On the Basic Guarantees of Electoral Rights and the Right to Participate in a Referendum of Citizens of the Russian Federation” the Charter of the Penza Region and the law on the election of a governor.
For the first time, the elections of the governor (head of administration) of the Penza region were held in April 1993, then were held in April 1998, and in April 2002. In December 2004, direct election of governors was abolished, instead governors were appointed by the president through the regional parliament. Thus, in May 2005 and April 2010, the Governor of the Penza Region was elected by the President of Russia and approved in the position by the Legislative Assembly. In 2012, direct elections of the heads of regions were returned, but with the condition that candidates pass through the municipal filter. According to these rules, the elections of the governor of the Penza region were held in September 2015 and September 2020.
List Image Governor Tenure Time in office Party Election 1 Aleksandr Kondratyev(1947–2017) – 12 April 1993(lost election) Independent Appointed 2 Anatoly Kovlyagin(1938–2009) – 18 April 1998(lost re-election) 1993 3 Vasily Bochkaryov(1949–2016) – 25 May 2015(term end) Independent → United Russia 1998200220052010 – Ivan Belozertsev(born 1958) – 13 September 2015 United Russia Acting 4 – 23 March 2021(removed) 20152020 – Nikolay Simonov(born 1956) – 26 March 2021(successor appointed) Acting as premier–Oleg Melnichenko(born 1973) – 28 September 2021 Acting5 – present 20212026
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