Governor of Sakhalin Oblast

Governor of the Sakhalin Oblast
Coat of Arms of Sakhalin Oblast
Flag of Sakhalin Oblast
Incumbent Valery Limarenko Acting  since December 7, 2018
Government of Sakhalin Oblast
Style	His Excellency, Mr. Governor
Abbreviation	GSO
Residence	Communist Avenue 32, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Seat	Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Term length	5 years
Formation	1991
First holder	Valentine Fedorov

The Governor of Sakhalin Oblast 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 9 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. Implemention 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

Governors of Sakhalin Oblast

No.	Governors	Term in office	Term length
1.	Valentin Fyordorov	1991 – April 3, 1993	3 years
2.	Yevgeny Krasnoyarov	April 8, 1993 – April 24, 1995	3 years
3.	Igor Farkhutdinov	April 24, 1995 – August 20 - 2003	9 years
4.	Ivan Malakhov	August 20, 2003 – August 7, 2007	5 years
5.	Aleksandr Khoroshavin	August 7, 2007 – March 25, 2015	9 years
6.	Oleg Kozhemyako	March 25, 2015 – September 27, 2018	4 years
7.	Vera Shcherbina (Acting)	September 27 – December 7, 2018	2 months
8.	Valery Limarenko (Acting)	December 7, 2018 – present	5 months

See also

• Sakhalin Oblast