Governor of Kostroma Oblast

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Governor of Kostroma Oblast
Coat of arms of Kostroma Oblast
Incumbent
Sergey Sitnikov
since 13 April 2012
SeatKostroma
Term length5 years
Formation1991
Websiteadm44.ru

The Governor of Kostroma Oblast (Russian: Губернатор Костромской области) is the head of government of Kostroma Oblast, a federal subject of Russia.

The position was introduced in 1991 as Head of Administration of Kostroma Oblast. The Governor is elected by direct popular vote for a term of five years.

List of officeholders[edit]

No. Portrait Governor Tenure Party Election
1 Valery Arbuzov
(born 1939)
14 December 1991[1] – 5 January 1997 Independent
2 Viktor Shershunov
(1950–2007)
5 January 1997 – 20 September 2007[2] 1996

2000


2005

United Russia[3]
Yury Tsikunov[4]
(born 1947)
20 September 2007 – 25 October 2007 Independent
3 Igor Slyunyayev
(born 1966)
25 October 2007[5] – 13 April 2012 United Russia 2007
Sergey Sitnikov
(born 1963)
13 April 2012 – 28 April 2012 Independent 2012

2015


2020

4 28 April 2012 – 15 May 2015
15 May 2015 – 15 October 2015
(4) since 15 October 2015

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Указ Президента РСФСР от 14.12.1991 г. № 274". kremlin.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Russian governor dies in car crash". The Sydney Morning Herald. 21 September 2007. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Медведь с "красным" прошлым". sampressa.ru (in Russian). 11 April 2007. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Цикунов Юрий Фёдорович (2013)". Администрация города Костромы (in Russian). Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Костромская область получила нового губернатора". Novye Izvestia (in Russian). 25 October 2007. Retrieved 9 January 2023.