Governor of Altai Krai

The governor of Altai Krai (Russian: Губернатор Алтайского края) is the chief executive of Altai Krai, a federal subject of Russia.

Governor of Altai Krai
Coat of arms of Altai Krai
Incumbent Viktor Tomenko since 17 September 2018
Seat	Barnaul
Term length	5 years
Inaugural holder	Vladimir Rayfikesht
Formation	1991
Website	www.altairegion22.ru

History of office

Before 2007 amendment to the Charter of Altai Krai the office was styled as the Head of Altai Krai Administration.^[1]

List of officeholders

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term			Party		Election
			Took office	Left office	Duration
1		Vladimir Rayfikesht (born 1951)	8 October 1991[2]	20 January 1994	2 years, 3 months, 12 days		Independent
2		Lev Korshunov (born 1946)	20 January 1994[3]	11 December 1996	2 years, 10 months, 21 days
3		Alexander Surikov (born 1940)	11 December 1996	14 April 2004	7 years, 4 months, 3 days			1996 2000
4		Mikhail Yevdokimov (1957–2005)	14 April 2004[4]	7 August 2005 †	1 year, 3 months, 24 days			2004
—		Mikhail Kozlov (born 1951)	7 August 2005	24 August 2005[5]	18 days		Civilian Power
5		Alexander Karlin (born 1951)	25 August 2005	31 July 2014	12 years, 9 months, 6 days		United Russia	2005 2009[6] 2014
—			31 July 2014	25 September 2014[7]
(5)			25 September 2014[8]	30 May 2018
—		Viktor Tomenko (born 1972)	30 May 2018	17 September 2018	5 years, 5 months, 2 days			2018
6			from 17 September 2018

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