Sevastopol City State Administration

Chairperson of the Sevastopol City State Administration
Residence	Sevastopol
Formation	1992 as the Presidential representative of Ukraine in Sevastopol
First holder	Ivan Yermakov
Final holder	Volodymyr Yatsuba

The Chairperson of the Sevastopol City State Administration (briefly Governor of Sevastopol; Ukrainian: голова Севастопольської міськдержадміністрації, holova Sevastopolskoyi miskoyi derzhavnoyi administratsiyi) was the head of executive branch for the Sevastopol city prior to the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea. The office of Governor was an appointed position, with officeholders being appointed by the President of Ukraine, on recommendation from the Prime Minister of Ukraine.

The official residence for the governor is located in Sevastopol.

The post was created in 1992 as the Presidential representative in Sevastopol and the first appointee was Ivan Yermakov who previously headed the city's council and its executive committee. Post of the Sevastopol city governor existed previously in the Russian Empire in 1872–1920. During the Soviet period the city was governed by the First Secretary of the city's committee of Communist Party which was dissolved in Ukraine due to the 1991 August putsch. Due to the 2014 Crimean crisis and annexation of Crimea, the post is currently abolished. The last governor was Volodymyr Yatsuba who resigned in 2014 in favour of the self-installed mayor Alexei Chalyi.

Governors

• 1992–1994: Ivan Yermakov
• 1994: Mykola Hlushko (acting January–April)
• 1994–1995: vacant
• 1995–1998: Viktor Semenov
• 1998–1999: Borys Kucher
• 1999–2005: Leonid Zhunko
• 2005–2006: Serhiy Ivanov
• 2006–2010: Serhiy Kunitsyn
• 2010–2011: Valeriy Saratov
• 2011–2014: Volodymyr Yatsuba

See also

• Sevastopol City Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine
• Governor of Sevastopol (Russia)

External links

• [1] World Statesmen.org