Governor of Murmansk Oblast

Governor of Murmansk Oblast
Coat of arms of Murmansk Oblast
Incumbent Andrey Chibis since 27 September 2019
Inaugural holder	Yevgeny Komarov
Formation	1991
Website	gov-murman.ru

The Governor of Murmansk Oblast (Russian: Губернатор Мурманской области) is the head of the executive branch of government in Murmansk Oblast, in northwestern Russia. The position of governor under the current Charter of Murmansk Oblast was created in 1997. Until the adoption of the current charter, the head of Murmansk oblast was titled Head of the Murmansk Oblast Administration.

Governors of Murmansk Oblast

No.	Image	Governor	Tenure	Party		Election
1		Yevgeny Komarov (born 1942)	10 November 1991 — 7 December 1996		Independent
2		Yury Yevdokimov (born 1945)	7 December 1996 – 25 March 2009	1996 2000 2004 2007
						United Russia
3		Dmitry Dmitriyenko (born 1963)	25 March 2009 – 4 April 2012		2009
—		Marina Kovtun (born 1962)	4 April 2012 – 13 April 2012		2012 2014
4			13 April 2012 – 5 May 2014
—			5 May 2014 – 8 October 2014
(4)			8 October 2014 – 21 March 2019
—		Andrey Chibis (born 1979)	21 March 2019 – 27 September 2019		2019
5			since 27 September 2019

Elections

2019

The latest election for the office was held on 8 September 2019.

2014

The first election for the office after the countrywide restoration of direct gubernatorial elections was held on 14 September 2014.

Candidates	Party	Votes	%
Mikhail Antropov	Communist Party of the Russian Federation	22,252	11.29
Maxim Belov	Liberal Democratic Party of Russia	10,845	5.50
Marina Kovtun	United Russia	127,539	64.69
Alexander Makarevich	A Just Russia	21,234	10.77
Igor Morar	Civic Platform	10,824	5.49