Governor of Sakhalin Oblast

Governor of the Sakhalin Oblast
Coat of Arms of Sakhalin Oblast
Flag of Sakhalin Oblast
Incumbent Valery Limarenko since September 12, 2019
Government of Sakhalin Oblast
Style	His Excellency, Mr. Governor
Residence	Communist Avenue 32, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Seat	Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Term length	5 years
Formation	1991
First holder	Valentin Fyodorov

The Governor of Sakhalin Oblast (Russian: Губернатор Сахалинской области) is the head of the executive branch of the Government of Sakhalin Oblast and the highest official of the oblast. The governor has a duty to enforce state laws in the region and to approve bills passed by the Sakhalin Oblast Duma or to disapprove it.

Since the formation of the position in 1991 there had been eight persons to serve the office, of which six had been officially serves while two are interim. Igor Farkhutdinov was only the governor to died in office. The current governor is Valery Limarenko he is interim governor since December 7, 2018.

The longest serving governors were Igor Farkhtdinov and Aleksandr Khoroshavin both serves for 8 years in the office.

Powers

• Forms the government, appoint the main officials of the provincial government. Performs the power of the highest official of the oblast.
• Take decision on the strategic development of the oblast and make socio-economic policy of the oblast.
• Ensures the observance of rights and freedoms of the citizen living in the oblast. Implementation of Federal and oblast laws and the Russian legislation in the oblast.
• Solves the issue of civil service. He/she appoints or dismissed the main holders of post of the oblast government.
• Appoints the head of the districts of oblast.
• Holds meetings of the oblast government on serious issues.
• Issue decrees and orders to implement law in the oblast.

List of governors

Governor				Party	Took office	Left office	Notes
1			Valentin Fyodorov (1939–2021)	Independent	8 October 1991	8 April 1993	Appointed and dismissed by president Boris Yeltsin.
2			Yevgeny Krasnoyarov (b. 1939)		8 April 1993	25 April 1995	Appointed by president Yeltsin. Resigned from office.
3			Igor Farkhutdinov (1950–2003)	Our Home – Russia	25 April 1995	20 August 2003	Appointed by president Yeltsin. Elected in 1996, 2000. Died in helicopter crash.
—			Ivan Malakhov (b. 1953)	United Russia	20 August 2003	December 2003	Acting governor
4		December 2003			7 August 2007	Elected by popular vote. Removed from office by president Vladimir Putin
—			Aleksandr Khoroshavin (b. 1959)		7 August 2007	9 August 2007	Acting governor
5		9 August 2007			25 March 2015	Approved by the legislature in 2007, 2011. Removed from office by president Putin
—			Oleg Kozhemyako (b. 1962)		25 March 2015	13 September 2015	Acting governor. Previously served as governor of Koryakia (2005–07) and Amur Oblast (2008–15)
6		13 September 2015			27 September 2018	Elected by popular vote. Moved to Primorsky Krai as acting governor on the request of president Putin
—			Vera Shcherbina (b. 1958)		27 September 2018	7 December 2018	Acting governor
—			Valery Limarenko (b. 1960)	Independent	7 December 2018	12 September 2019
7		12 September 2019			Incumbent	Elected by popular vote

Timeline

See also

• Sakhalin Oblast