The governor of Lviv Oblast is the head of executive branch for the

Lviv Oblast Lviv Oblast (, ), also referred to as Lvivshchyna (, ), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast in western Ukraine. The capital city, capital of the oblast is the city of Lviv. The current population is History Name The region is named ...

. The office of

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is an appointed position, with officeholders being appointed by the

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, on recommendation from the

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. The official residence for the governor is in

Lviv Lviv ( or ; ; ; see #Names and symbols, below for other names) is the largest city in western Ukraine, as well as the List of cities in Ukraine, fifth-largest city in Ukraine, with a population of It serves as the administrative centre of ...

. The governor is Maksym Kozytskyy, he was appointed on February 5, 2020.Zelensky introduces new head of Lviv Regional State Administration

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(acting; as chairman of the Council and its Executive Committee) * 1992 – 1994 Stepan Davymuka (as Presidential representative) * 1994 – 1997

Mykola Horyn Mykola Mykolaiovych Horyn (; born 29 January 1945) is a Ukrainian politician who served as chairman of the Lviv Oblast Council from 1992 to 1997 and as Governor of Lviv Oblast from 1994 to 1997. He is a member of the People's Movement of Ukra ...

(until 1995 acting; as chairman of the executive committee) * 1997 – 1999 Mykhailo Hladiy * 1999 – 2001

Stepan Senchuk Stepan Romanovych Senchuk (; 23 March 1955 – 29 November 2005) was a Ukrainian politician from Our Ukraine who was Governor of Lviv Oblast from 1999 to 2001. He was also chairman of the Lviv Oblast Council from 1998 to 2001. Senchuk was assa ...

* 2001 – 2002 Mykhailo Hladiy * 2002 – 2003 Myron Yankiv * 2003 – 2004 Oleksandr Sendeha * 2004 – 2005 Bohdan Matolych (acting) * 2005 – 2008

Petro Oliynyk Petro Mykhailovych Oliynyk (; 10 July 1957 – 10 February 2011) was a Ukrainian miner and politician who served as Governor of Lviv Oblast from 2005 to 2008. He previously served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from Ukraine's 125th electora ...

* 2008 – 2008 Valeriy Pyatak (acting) * 2008 – 2010

Mykola Kmit Mykola Ivanovych Kmit (; born 24 March 1966) is a Ukrainian politician and the former head of the Lviv Oblast State Administration. He is a president of the Ukrainian football club FC Skala Stryi (originally from Morshyn). Business career ...

(acting to September 1, 2008) * 2010 – 2010

Vasyl Horbal Vasyl Mykhailovych Horbal (; born 18 March 1971) is a Ukrainian politician, former member of the Verkhovna Rada. In 1993-2002 he worked for various banks in Kyiv and since 1996 as a director of Ukrgasbank. In 2002-2010 Horbal was a member of ...

The well-known ex-candidate claims to be the head of the State Judicial Service

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(5 May 2020) * 2010 – 2011

Mykhailo Tsymbaliuk Mykhailo Mykhailovych Tsymbaliuk (; born 21 November 1964) is a Ukrainian retired lieutenant general of the Militsiya, politician, and legal professor currently serving as a People's Deputy of Ukraine on the party list of Batkivshchyna since ...

* 2011 – 2013 Mykhailo Kostyuk * 2013 – 2013

Viktor Shemchuk Viktor Viktorovych Shemchuk (; born 4 November 1970) is a Ukrainian politician. In 2007 he served as a Presidential representative of Ukraine in Crimea. References External links * Siumar, V. How to lose Crimea in legal way (Як втрат� ...

* 2013 – 2014 Oleh Salo * 2014 – 2014 Iryna Sekh * 2014 – 2014 Yuriy Turyansky (acting) * 2014 – 2019 Oleh Synyutka * 2019 – 2019 Rostyslav Zamlynsky (acting) * 2019 – 2019 Markiyan MalskyPresident fires heads of Zakarpattia and Lviv regional state administrations

References

External links

Government of Lviv Oblast
in Ukrainian

at the World Statesmen.org {{Chairmen of regional state administrations of Ukraine