Governor of Kherson Oblast

The governor of Kherson Oblast is the head of executive branch for the Kherson Oblast in Ukraine.

Head of Military Civil Administration of Kherson Oblast
Seal of Kherson Oblast
Incumbent Oleksandr Prokudin since 7 February 2023[1]
Residence	Kherson
Term length	Four years
Inaugural holder	Pylyp Pasenchenko-Demydenko 1944
Formation	1944 as Chairman of Executive Committee of Kherson Oblast
Website	Government of Kherson Oblast

The office of governor is an appointed position, with officeholders being appointed by the president of Ukraine, on recommendation from the prime minister of Ukraine, to serve a four-year term.

Due to the current Russo-Ukrainian war, since 24 February 2022, the governor of Kherson Oblast is officially called Head of the Kherson Regional Military Civil Administration. The official residence for the governor is located in Kherson.

Governors

Chairman of Executive Committee of Kherson Oblast

• Pylyp Pasenchenko-Demydenko (1944–1950)
• Tymofiy Barylnyk (1950–1963)
• Mykola Makushenko (1963–1969)^[a]
• Mykola Kobak (1963–1964)^[b]
• Dina Protsenko (1969–1978)
• Vasyl Metlyayev (1978–1983)
• Mykhailo Kushnerenko (1983–1987)
• Oleksandr Melnykov (1987–1991)
• Mykhailo Kushnerenko (1991–1992)

Representative of the President

• Oleksandr Melnykov (1992–1994)

Chairman of the Executive Committee

• Vitalii Zholobov (1994–1995)

Heads of the Administration

• Vitalii Zholobov (1995–1996)
• Yurii Karasyk (1996–1997)^[c]
• Mykhailo Kushnerenko (1997–1998)
• Anatoliy Kasyanenko (1998–1999)
• Oleksandr Verbytsky (1999–2001)
• Yuriy Kravchenko (2001–2002)
• Anatolii Yurchenko (2002–2004)
• Serhii Dovgan (2004)
• Volodymyr Khodakovsky (2004–2005)
• Borys Silenkov (2005–2010)
• Anatoliy Hrytsenko (2010)
• Mykola Kostyak (2010–2014)
• Yuriy Odarchenko (2014)
• Ihor Shepelyev (2014) (acting)
• Andriy Putilov (2014–2016)
• Andrii Gordieiev (2016–2019)^[2]
• Dmytro Butriy (2019) (acting)^[3][4]
• Yuriy Husev (2019–2020)^[5]
• Serhiy Kozyr (2020–2021^[d]) (acting)^[9][7]
• Hennadiy Lahuta (2021-2022)
• Dmytro Butriy (2022) (acting)^[10]

Heads of military administration

• Yaroslav Yanushevych (2022–2023)^[11][12]
• Oleksandr Prokudin (2023–present)^[13]

Notes

1. For Agriculture January 1963 – December 1964
2. For Industry
3. Acting to August 8, 1996
4. Serhiy Kozyr was the candidate of Servant of the People in the 31 October 2021 early election, called to replace mayor of Kherson Ihor Kolykhaiev, in constituency 184 (located in Kherson Oblast).^[6] He was dismissed as acting Governor on 27 October 2021.^[7] Kozyr won the early election with 62.6% of the vote (21,365 votes).^[8]