Governor of Belgorod Oblast

The Governor of Belgorod Oblast (Russian: Губернатор Белгородской области) is the highest official and the head of the executive power of Belgorod Oblast, a region in Central Russia.

Governor of Belgorod Oblast
Coat of arms of Belgorod Oblast
Incumbent Vyacheslav Gladkov since 27 September 2021
Seat	Belgorod
Term length	Five years, no more than two consecutive terms
Inaugural holder	Viktor Berestovoy
Website	belregion.ru

History of office

The office of the Head of Administration was introduced in Russia in August 1991 during the downfall of the Soviet Union. Administrations and their Heads were supposed to replace Soviet executive committees (ispolkoms) and their chairmen. The first head of Belgorod Oblast Administration Viktor Berestovoy was appointed by president Boris Yeltsin in November 1991. Two years later he was removed from office for his support of the Supreme Soviet and Vice President Alexander Rutskoy in the 1993 constitutional crisis.

Berestovoy's successor Yevgeny Savchenko, had previously worked as deputy head of the Main Directorate of Crop Production of the Ministry of Agriculture. In office from October 1993 to September 2020, he is the longest-serving Russian governor in post-Soviet history.

List of office-holders

#	Photo	Name	Tenure	Time in office	Party		Election
1		Viktor Berestovoy (born 1948)	30 November 1991 – 11 October 1993 (removed)	1 year, 315 days		Independent	Appointed
—		Yevgeny Savchenko (born 1950)	11 October 1993 – 18 December 1993	26 years, 347 days		Independent → United Russia	Acting
2			18 December 1993 – 16 June 2012 (term end)		Appointed 1995 1999 2003 2007
—			16 June 2012 – 20 October 2012				Acting
(2)			20 October 2012 – 22 September 2020 (resigned)		2012 2017
—		Denis Butsayev (born 1977)	22 September 2020 – 18 November 2020	57 days		United Russia	Acting
—		Vyacheslav Gladkov (born 1969)	18 November 2020 – 27 September 2021	5 years, 23 days
3			27 September 2021 – present		2021

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