The Governor of Tula Oblast is the head of

Tula Oblast Tula Oblast () is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (an Oblasts of Russia, oblast) of Russia. It is geographically located in European Russia and is administratively part of the Central Federal District, covering an area of . It has a ...

, the federal subject of Russia. The governor is elected by the people of Tula Oblast for five years. Dmitry Milyaev is the current governor since 14 May 2024.

History

From 1777 to 1796 the power in the Tula Vicegerency was divided between Governors-General and Vicegerents. The highest political power was exercised by the Governors-General. They had unlimited powers and were subject exclusively to the Russian Monarch. As a rule, each Governor-General directed several regions at the same time. In charge of the Vicegerents was directly economic activities in the field. In 1797 the

Tula Governorate Tula Governorate () was an administrative-territorial unit ('' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR. The governate existed from 1796 to 1929; its seat was in the city of Tula. It was divided into 12 districts. The main towns w ...

was formed, which was headed by the Governor appointed by the Monarch. The Tula Oblast was formed on 26 September 1937, initially it was headed by the Chairman of the Tula Governorate Committee of

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, then the First Secretary of the Tula Oblast Committee of the CPSU. In 1991, the post of the Head of the Administration of Tula Oblast was established, who was appointed by the

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. On 28 September 1995, a new Charter of Tula Oblast was adopted, in which the post of Head of the Administration was renamed to Governor, who was elected by the people of the Tula Oblast. At the same time, the powers of the Governor before the elections were carried out by the Head of the Administration

Nikolai Sevryugin Nikolai Vasilyevich Sevryugin (; 16 February 1939 – 26 March 2002) was a Russian politician and governor of Tula Oblast from October 1991 (appointed by Boris Yeltsin) to March 1997.Specter, Michael (25 March 1997)Regions Defy Yeltsin to Start T ...

, who was appointed by the President.Charter of Tula Oblast
/ref> The Governor was elected by direct vote in 1997 and 2001, from 2005 to 2011 the Governor was appointed by the President of Russia with the approval of the Tula Oblast Duma. Since 2016, the Governor again elected by direct vote.

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