The chairman of the Kyiv Oblast State Administration () or unofficially governor of Kyiv Oblast (), is the chairman of the executive branch of

Kyiv Oblast Kyiv Oblast (, ), also called Kyivshchyna (, ), is an Administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) in central and northern Ukraine. It surrounds, but does not include, the city of Kyiv, which is administered as a city with special sta ...

, a

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in northern

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. The official residence is located in the country's capital,

Kyiv Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...

which is a

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, and not in the Oblast or governed by the Kyiv Oblast State Administration.

Authority

According to Chapter VI of the constitution, the office of governor is appointed by the

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, on recommendation from the

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, to serve a four-year term of office. The oblast's council can express a motion of no confidence to the governor, after which the Ukrainian president will issue a "substantiated reply."'' Article 118 of the

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'' on the

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. However, if two-thirds of the oblast council's deputies pass a resolution of no confidence in the governor, the president must decide on the governor's resignation. As part of the

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in Ukraine, President Petro Poroshenko proposed abolishing the office of chairmen of the regional state administrations, and instead replacing them with the office of the Representative of the President of Ukraine (, ) which will be appointed in each of Ukraine's 24 oblasts. These representatives will have significantly less authority over the regions in which they serve, instead being appointed to oversee the authority and constitutionality of Ukraine's administrative units.

List of heads of Kyiv Oblast State Administration

Until the

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in 1991, most of the authority in Kyiv Oblast belonged to the Kyiv Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine. The following is a full list of the leaders of Kyiv Oblast from 1932 until the present day.

Representative of the President

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(1992–1994) * in 1994–1995 the office was liquidated and its duties temporarily transferred to the chairman of the regional council executive committee

Heads of the Oblast State Administration

* Vasyl Sinko (1995—1996) * Anatolii Zasukha (1996—2005) * Yevhen Zhovtyak (2005—2006) *

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(2006) (acting) *

Vira Ulianchenko Vira Ivanivna Ulianchenko (; born 1 February 1958) is a Ukrainian state and political activist. She is the only female governor in a history of Kyiv Oblast since its establishment in 1932. Biography In 1980 she graduated from the Philology Depar ...

(2006—2009) *

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(2009—2010) *

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(2010–2014) *

Volodymyr Shandra Volodymyr Mykolajovych Shandra () is a Ukrainian politician and former Governor of Kyiv Oblast.Maksym Melnychuk Poroshenko appointed Head of Kyiv Regional State Administration
,

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(3 February 2016) * Maksym Melnychuk (3 February 2016 — 9 September 2016) *

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(''acting'') (9 September 2016 — 28 October 2016) *

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(28 October 2016 — 30 October 2018) * Oleksandr Tereschuk (30 October 2018 — 11 June 2019) * Vyacheslav Kucher ''(acting)'' (11 June 2019 — 9 July 2019) * Mykhailo Bno-Airiian (10 July 2019 — 28 October 2019) *

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(28 October 2019 – 4 March 2020) * Vasyl Volodin (18 June 2020Zelensky gave the Kyiv region a leader

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(18 June 2020) — 8 February 2022) *

Oleksiy Kuleba Oleksiy Volodymyroyvch Kuleba (Ukrainian: Олексій Володимирович Кулеба; born 8 August 1983) is a Ukrainian politician. He served as Governor of Kyiv Oblast from 21 May 2022 until 24 January 2023. He has served as the Dep ...

(8 February 2022 — 15 March 2022)Zelensky appointed a new head of the Kyiv Regional State Administration, dismissing Volodin

(9 February 2022) * Oleksandr Pavlyuk (15 March 2022 — 21 May 2022) *

(21 May 2022 — 24 January 2023) * Dymtro Nazarekno (acting) (25 January - 10 April 2023) *

Ruslan Kravchenko Ruslan Andriiovych Kravchenko (; born on March 14, 1990) is a Ukrainian politician and prosecutor, Head of the Kyiv Oblast State Administration, Kyiv Regional Military Administration (From April 2023 until December 2024) and head of the State Tax ...

(10 April 2023 - 30 December 2024) *

Mykola Kalashnyk Mykola Volodymyrovych Kalashnyk (; born on 22 May 1990) is a Ukrainian politician who is Governor of Kyiv Oblast, Head of the Regional State Administration (Governor) of Kyiv Oblast since 24 March 2025. Biography Kalashnyk was born on 22 May 1990 ...

(since 24 March 2025)

Notes

References

External links

* {{Chairmen of regional state administrations of Ukraine

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