The Governor of Leningrad Oblast (russian: Губернатор Ленинградской области) is the head of executive branch for the

Leningrad Oblast Leningrad Oblast ( rus, Ленинградская область, Leningradskaya oblast’, lʲɪnʲɪnˈgratskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ, , ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It was established on 1 August 1927, a ...

, considered as Prime Minister of Leningrad Oblast. The office of Governor is an elected position, for which elected officials serve four year terms. While individual politicians may serve as many terms as they can be elected to, Governors cannot be elected to more than two consecutive terms. The official residence for the Governor is located in Saint Petersburg. The current Governor is

Aleksandr Drozdenko Aleksander Yurievich Drozdenko (russian: Александр Юрьевич Дрозденко; 1 November 1964) is a Russian economist and politician. He has been Governor of Leningrad Oblast since 28 May 2012. Drozdenko was born in the village ...

, who assumed office on May 11, 2012.

List of office-holders

Chairmen of Executive Committee of Leningrad Oblast (1927–1991)

# Nikolai Komarov / Fyodor Sobinov (1927-1930) # Ivan Koatskiy (1930-1931) # Fyodor Czarkov (1931—1932) # Pyotr Strouppe (1932-1936) # Alexey Grichmanov (1936-1937) # Pyoter Tyurkin (1937) # Anton Nikitin (1937) # Nikolai Solovyov (1938-1946) # Ilya Kharitonov (1946-1948) # Ivan Dmitriev (1948-1950) # Ivan Petrov (1950-1952) # Vladimir Ponomaryov (1952-1954) # Georgiy Vorobyov (1954-1957) # Nikolay Smirnov (1957-1961) # Grigoriy Kozlov (1961-1963, 1964-1968) # Vasily Sominich (1963-1964) / Boris Popov (1963-1964) #Alexander Shibalov (1968-1980) #Ratmir Bobovikov (1980-1983) #Nikolai Popov (1983-1989) # Yury Yarov (1989-1991)

Elections

The latest election for the office was held on 13 September 2015

References

{{Governors of federal subjects of Russia Politics of Leningrad Oblast