List of female heads of federal subjects of Russia
Appearance
This is a list of women who served as heads (governors) of Federal subjects of Russia.
History
The first female Governor in Russia was Valentina Matviyenko who was Governor of Saint Petersburg from 2003 to 2011.
There are currently from 85 governors there are two female governor: Natalya Komarova of Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug and Marina Kovtun of Murmansk Oblast. In addition, Vera Shcherbina is acting Governor of Sakhalin Oblast.
List
Denotes incumbent head of federal subject
- Italics denotes an acting head of federal subject.
Name | Image | Party | Federal subject | Mandate start | Mandate end | Term length | Departure | Ref |
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Valentina Matviyenko | ![]() |
United Russia | ![]() |
15 October 2003 | 22 August 2011 | 7 years, 311 days | Resigned to become Senator from Saint Petersburg |
[1] |
Natalya Komarova | ![]() |
United Russia | ![]() |
1 March 2010 | Incumbent | 14 years, 165 days | Serving | [2] |
Marina Kovtun | ![]() |
United Russia | ![]() |
13 April 2012 | Incumbent | 12 years, 153 days | Serving | [3] |
Svetlana Orlova | ![]() |
United Russia | ![]() |
23 September 2013 | 8 October 2018 | 5 years, 15 days | Lost reelection | [4] |
Natalia Zhdanova | ![]() |
United Russia | ![]() |
18 February 2016 | 11 October 2018 | 2 years, 235 days | Resigned from office | [5][6] |
Vera Scherbina (Acting Governor) |
Independent | ![]() |
26 September 2018 | Incumbent | 5 years, 322 days | Serving | [7] |
Timeline of female Governors
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/timeline/7xl6am4zw1326tzrrl0g1vud4uvvt96.png)
See also
References
- ^ Губернаторские выборы - 2003
- ^ Возвращение северянки. В стране появился второй губернатор-женщина
- ^ Murmansk Governor Steps Down
- ^ Светлана Орлова назначена временно исполняющим обязанности губернатора Владимирской области
- ^ Наталья Жданова назначена исполняющей обязанности губернатора Забайкальского края
- ^ Наталья Жданова объяснила причины отставки
- ^ Щербина стала исполняющим обязанности врио главы Сахалинской области