Governor of Smolensk Oblast

Governor of Smolensk Oblast
Губернатор Смоленской области
Coat of arms of Smolensk Oblast
since 17 March 2023
Type
SeatSmolensk
Term length5 years
Constituting instrumentCharter of Smolensk Oblast, Section 5
Inaugural holderValery Fateyev
Formation1991
Websitewww.admin-smolensk.ru

The governor of Smolensk Oblast (Russian: Губернатор Смоленской области) is the highest official of Smolensk Oblast, a region in Central Russia. He heads the supreme executive body of the region — the Smolensk Oblast administration.

Alexey Ostrovsky was dismissed in March 2023 and succeeded by Vasily Anokhin.[1]

List of officeholders

This is a list of governors of Smolensk Oblast:

No.ImageGovernorTenureTime in officePartyElection
1 Valery Fateyev
(1946–2025)		 24 October 1991[2] –
29 April 1993[3]
(lost election)		 1 year, 187 days Independent
(Democratic Russia)		 Appointed
2 Anatoly Glushenkov
(1942–2018)		 29 April 1993 –
29 May 1998
(lost re-election)		 5 years, 30 days Independent →
Our Home – Russia		 1993[4]
3 Aleksandr Prokhorov
(born 1953)		 29 May 1998 –
7 June 2002
(lost re-election)		 4 years, 9 days Independent
(Communist)[a]		 1998
4 Viktor Maslov
(born 1950)		 7 June 2002[7] –
18 December 2007
(resigned)		 5 years, 194 days United Russia 2002
2005[b]
– Sergey Antufyev
(born 1955)		 19 December 2007 –
24 December 2007		 4 years, 123 days Acting
5 24 December 2007[3] –
20 April 2012
(resigned)		 2007[b]
– Alexey Ostrovsky
(born 1976)		 20 April 2012 –
26 April 2012		 10 years, 331 days Liberal Democratic Acting
6 26 April 2012[3] –
18 May 2015
(resigned)		 2012[b]
– 18 May 2015 –
28 September 2015		 Acting
(6) 28 September 2015 –
17 March 2023
(resigned)		 2015
2020[8]
– Vasily Anokhin
(born 1983)		 17 March 2023[1] –
20 September 2023		 3 years, 163 days United Russia Acting
7 20 September 2023 –
present		 2023

Timeline

Vasily AnokhinAlexey OstrovskySergey AntufyevAnatoly GlushenkovValery Fateyev

Elections

The latest election for the office was held on 13 September 2020

2020

Candidates Party Votes %
Aleksandr Bichayev Communists of Russia 14,0016.24
Olga Kalistratova A Just Russia 17,9718
Andrey Mitrofanenkov Communist Party of the Russian Federation 57,93725.8
Alexey Ostrovsky Liberal Democratic Party of Russia 126,94756.54

2015

The election was held on 13 September 2015

Candidates Party Votes %
Vladimir Zaytsev Party for Justice! 4,6302.03
Nikolay Kuznetsov Communist Party of the Russian Federation 26,50711.62
Sergey Lebedev A Just Russia 28,32912.42
Yelena Lobanova Civic Platform 12,4225.45
Alexey Ostrovsky Liberal Democratic Party of Russia 148,70065.18

Notes

  1. ↑ In the 1998 election, Prokhorov was nominated by the Communist Party, while not being its member.[5][6]
  2. 1 2 3 Appointed by the president of Russia with the consent of the Smolensk Oblast Duma.

References

  1. 1 2 "Vasily Anokhin appointed Acting Governor of Smolensk Region". press release. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
  2. ↑ "Указ Президента РСФСР от 24.10.1991 г. № 158". kremlin.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 "История выборов и назначений губернатора Смоленской области" [History of elections and appointments of the governor of Smolensk Oblast] (in Russian). TASS. 11 September 2020.
  4. ↑ "Умер бывший губернатор Смоленской области Анатолий Глушенков". Kommersant. 2018-01-16. Archived from the original on 2018-01-17. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
  5. ↑ Ivanov 2019, p. 538.
  6. ↑ "Выборы Главы администрации Смоленской области. Список выдвинутых и зарегистрированных кандидатов". Central Election Commission (in Russian). Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  7. ↑ "В Смоленске состоялась инаугурация нового губернатора". Kommersant (in Russian). 7 June 2002. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
  8. ↑ "Островский вступил в должность губернатора Смоленской области" [Ostrovsky took office as Governor of Smolensk Oblast] (in Russian). TASS. 2020-09-18.

Literature

  • Ivanov, Vitaly (2019). Глава субъекта Российской Федерации. История губернаторов [Head of the subject of the Russian Federation. History of governors] (in Russian). Vol. 1. p. 538. ISBN 978-5-907250-14-7.


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