Governor of Irkutsk Oblast

Highest-ranking official in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia

Governor of Irkutsk Oblast

Coat of Arms of Irkutsk Oblast

Incumbent
Igor Kobzev (acting)

since 12 December 2019

Style| His Excellency
Seat| Irkutsk
Appointer| based on the direct election results
Term length| 5 years
Formation| 1991
First holder| Yury Nozhikov
Website| Governor of Irkutsk Oblast

The Governor of Irkutsk Oblast (Russian: Губернатор Иркутской области) is the highest official of Irkutsk Oblast. The office of governor of Irkutsk Governorate was established in 1783 as part of the Russian Empire. In 1926, under the Soviet Union, the governorate became part of the newly created Siberian Krai, which lasted until its division in 1930 into East and West Siberian Krais. The area of the former Irkutsk Governorate became part of the East Siberian Krai. In 1936 East Siberian Krai was further divided up, and in 1937 the remaining area was split into Chita Oblast and Irkutsk Oblast. Since then Irkutsk Oblast has been an independent federal subject of Russia.

## Powers and responsibilities

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* Promote or rejects the laws passed by the Irkutsk Oblast Duma.
* Submits a reports on the execution of regional budget to the Oblast Duma.
* Submits the draft strategies for the socio-economic development of the oblast and an annual report on the implementation and effectiveness of the state programs of Irkutsk Oblast.
* Attends the meetings of Oblast Duma and submits annual reports on the activity of the Government of Irkutsk Oblast, including the issues raised by the members of Oblast Duma.
* Decides on early termination of the Irkutsk Oblast Duma.
* Determines the structure of state powers of the Irkutsk Oblast in accordance with the charter of Irkutsk Oblast.
* With the coordination with Oblast Duma; He appoints the First Deputy Governor of Irkutsk Province.
* Can dismiss the First Deputy Governor of Irkutsk Oblast.
* Forms the government of Irkutsk Oblast and appoints the Chairman of the Government, First Deputy Chairman of the Government, and the government ministers of Irkutsk Oblast and can also dismissed them.
* Determines the main activities of the Government of Irkutsk Oblast.
* Had a right to call an emergency session of the Irkutsk Oblast Duma.
* Decides the dismissal of the Government of Irkutsk Oblast.
* Appoints a representative of the Government of Irkutsk Oblast to the Federation Council.
* Appoints the position of the Commissioner for the Protection of the Rights of Entrepreneurs of the Irkutsk Oblast.
* Appoints the Prosecutor of Irkutsk Oblast.
* Submits the report to the President of Russia on the performance of the Executive bodies of Irkutsk Oblast.
* Has a right to conduct referendum in Irkutsk Oblast.
* Can dismissed the heads of local administration of Irkutsk Oblast.
* Give titles and awards of the Irkutsk Oblast.
* The Governor of Irkutsk Oblast exercises other powers in accordance with the Constitution of Russia and the Charter of Irkutsk Oblast.

## Distribution of duties

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* Represents the Irkutsk Oblast in relations with federal state authorities, state authorities of other constituent entities of the Russian Federation, other state bodies of the Irkutsk Oblast, local governments and other municipal bodies of the municipal formations of the Irkutsk region, organizations, public associations and citizens, as well as international and foreign economic relations of the Irkutsk Oblast.
* Within the framework of determining the main areas of activity of the Government of the Irkutsk Oblast, issues instructions (instructions) to the First Deputy Governor of the Irkutsk Oblast - the Chairman of the Government of the Irkutsk Oblast, Deputy Governors of the Irkutsk Oblast, Deputy Chairmen of the Government of the Irkutsk Oblast, Ministers of the Irkutsk Oblast (hereinafter - members of the Government of the Irkutsk Oblast).

## Term of office

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Since May 2003 the governor has been elected for a five-year term. Prior to this it was a four-year term.[1]

## Current cabinet

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All cabinet ministers are appointed by the Governor.

### Current cabinet

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As of March 2020, the cabinet members are as follows:[2]

Kobzev Cabinet

Office | Office-holder
Governor | Igor Kobzev
First Deputy Governor  | Konstantin Borisovich Zaitsev
First Deputy Governor  | Dmitry Viktorovich Berdnikov
Deputy Governor  | Vladimir Yuryevich Dorofeyev
Deputy Governor  | Andrey Vladimirovich Kozlov
Deputy Governor  | Anatoly Andriyanovich Prokopyev
Deputy Chairman of the Government  | Ruslan Leonidovich Sitnikov
Deputy Chairman of the Government  | Shamil Abdulaevich Baulov
Deputy Chairman of the Government  | Yevgeny Pavlovich Levchenko
Deputy Chairman of the Government  | Valentina Feofanovna Voblikova
Deputy Chairman of the Government  | Teymur Talekhovich Magomedov
Minister of Property Relations  | Marina Alexandrovna Bargazova
Minister of Culture  |
Minister of Housing, Energy and Transport  |
Minister of Construction and Road Management  | Svetlana Dmitrievna Svirkina
Minister of Finance  | Natalia Veniaminovna Boyarinova
Minister of Forestry  | Dmitry Valerevich Petrenev
Minister of Youth Policy  | Yegor Alexandrovich Lukovnikov
Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology  |
Minister of Social Development  | Vladimir Anatolyevich Rodionov
Minister of Health  | Natalia Petrovna Ledyaeva
Minister of Sports  | Ilya Yuryevich Reznik
Minister of Agriculture  | Ilya Pavlovich Sumarokov
Minister of Labour and Employment  | Natalya Vladimirovna Vorontsova
Minister of Education  | Elena Vladimirovna Apanovich

## List of governors since 1991

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#  | Portrait  | Governor  | Tenure  | Party  | Election

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1  |  | Yury Nozhikov
(1934–2010) | 19 September 1991 — 25 April 1997  |  | Civic Union | 1994
| independent
—  |  | Vitaly Ivanov
(born 1946) | 25 April — 8 August 1997  |  |
2  |  | Boris Govorin
(born 1947) | 21 August 1997 — 26 August 2005  |  | 1997

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2001

3  |  | Alexander Tishanin
(born 1966) | 26 August 2005 — 15 April 2008  |  | United Russia | 2005
—  |  | Igor Yesipovsky
(1960–2009) | 15 April — 13 December 2008  |  | 2008
4  | 13 December 2008 — 10 May 2009
—  |  | Sergey Sokol
(born 1970) | 10 May — 8 June 2009  |  |
5  |  | Dmitry Mezentsev
(born 1959) | 8 June 2009 — 18 May 2012  |  | 2009
—  |  | Sergey Yeroshchenko
(born 1961) | 18 May — 29 May 2012  |  | 2012
6  | 29 May 2012 — 13 May 2015
—  | 13 May — 2 October 2015
7  |  | Sergey Levchenko
(born 1953) | 2 October 2015 — 12 December 2019  |  | Communist Party | 2015
—  |  | Igor Kobzev
(born 1966) | 12 December 2019 — 18 September 2020  |  | Independent | 2020
8  | from 18 September 2020

## Heads of the region in previous eras

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### Irkutsk Governorate, Russian Empire (1783–1917)

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#  | Governor  | Took office  | Left office  | Comments

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1  | Ivan Varfolomeyevich Jacobi [ru] | 1783  | 1787  | Governors General
2  | Ivan Alferevich Pil [ru] | 1787  | 1793
3  | Khristofor Ivanovich Treyden [ru] | 1797  | 1798  | Military Governors
4  | Boris Borisovich Lezzano [ru] | 1798  | 1800
5  | Nikolai Petrovich Lebedev [ru] | 1800  | 1803
6  | Ivan Osipovich Selifontov [ru] | 1803  | 1806  | Governors General of Siberia
7  | Ivan Borisovich Pestel [ru] | 1806  | 1819
8  | Mikhail Mikhailovich Speransky | 1819  | 1822
9  | Ivan Bogdanovich Tseidler [ru] | 1822  | 1835  | Governors
10  | Aleksandr Nikolaevich Yevsevyev | 1835  | 1838
11  | Aleksey Iraklievich Levshin [ru] | 1838  | 1839
12  | Andrey Vasilyevich Pyatnitsky | 1839  | 1848
13  | Vladimir Nikolaevich Zarin [ru] | 1848  | 1851
14  | Karl-Burgard Karlovich von Wenzel [ru] | 1851  | 1859
15  | Pyotr Aleksandrovich Izvolsky [ru] | 1859  | 1862
16  | Nikolay Fedorovich Shcherbatsky | 1862  | 1864
17  | Konstantin Nikolaevich Shelashnikov [ru] | 1864  | 1880
18  | Ivan Konstantinovich Pedashenko [ru] | 1880  | 1882
19  | Sergey Ivanovich Nosovich | 1882  | 1886
20  | Vladimir Zakharovich Kolenko [ru] | 1886  | 1889
21  | Konstantin Nikolaevich Svetlitsky [ru] | 1889  | 1897
22  | Ivan Petrovich Mollerius [ru] | 1897  | 1908
23  | Pyotr Karlovich Gran [ru] | 1908  | 1911
24  | Fyodor Aleksandrovich Bantysh [ru] | 1911  | 1913
25  | Aleksandr Nikolaevich Yugan | 1913  | 1917

### Soviet Union

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#### Siberian Krai (1925–1930)

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#  | Governor  | Took office  | Left office

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26  | Robert Eikhe | 1925  | 1930
27  | Stepan Kuznetsov | 1929  | 1930

#### East Siberian Krai (1930–1937)

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#  | Governor  | Took office  | Left office

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28  | Nikolai Zimin | 1930  | 1932
29  | Vasily Bukati [ru] | 1932  | 1934
30  | Yakov Pakhomov | 1934  | 1937

#### Irkutsk Oblast (1937–1991)

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#  | Secretary  | Term

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31  | Aleksandr Shcherbakov | 1937 - 1938
32  | Arkady Fillipov [ru] | 1938 - 1939
33  | Kirill Kachalin [ru] | 1939 - 1944
34  | Aleksandr Yefimov | 1944 - 1949
35  | Alexey Khuvorustukhin [ru] | 1949 - 1955
36  | Boris Kobelev [ru] | 1955 - 1957
37  | Semyon Shchetinin [ru] | 1957 - 1968
38  | Nikolai Bannikov [ru] | 1968 - 1983
39  | Vasily Sitnikov [ru] | 1983 - 1988
40  | Vladimir Potapov [ru] | 1988 - 1990
41  | Viktor Spirin [ru] | 1990 - 1991

## References

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1. ^ "Irkutsk deputies do not want to be compressed they want to work longer". Kommersant.
2. ^ "Government of Irkutsk Oblast". Official site of Irkutsk Oblast.

## External links

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* Government of Irkutsk Oblast
* Governors of Irkutsk Oblast since 2001
* Irkutsk Regional Party Committee
* Handbook of the History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union 1898 - 1991: Irkutsk Oblast

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