Governor of Luhansk Oblast

The governor of Luhansk Oblast is the head of the executive branch for the Luhansk Oblast. Due to the current Russo-Ukrainian War, the administration has been assigned as a civil–military administration since 5 March 2015. As a result, the governor of the Oblast is officially called Head of the Luhansk Regional Military–Civil Administration.^[1]

Head of the Luhansk Regional Military–Civil Administration
Seal of Luhansk Oblast
Incumbent Oleksii Kharchenko since 15 April 2025
Term length	Four years
Inaugural holder	Petro Bogynya 1938
Formation	1938 as Chairman of Executive Committee of Luhansk Oblast
Website	Government of Luhansk Oblast

The administrative building in Luhansk at Teatralna Square, prior to the war in Donbas

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.

The official residence for the governor was originally located in Luhansk and then relocated to Sievierodonetsk (until its capture by Russian forces in 2022) due to the War in Donbas, since 5 March 2015.^[2]

Governors

Chairman of Executive Committee of Donetsk Oblast

For governors of the united region in 1932–38, see Governor of Donetsk Oblast#Chairman of Executive Committee of Donetsk Oblast.

Chairman of Executive Committee of Luhansk (Voroshylovhrad) Oblast

• Pyotr Bogynya (1938)
• Mykhailo Shevchenko (1938–1942)
• Nazi German occupation (1942–1943)
• Mykhailo Shevchenko (1943)
• Ivan Oreshko (1943–1947)
•  ? (1947–1948)
• Stepan Stetsenko (1948–1950)
• Pylyp Reshetnyak (1950–1960)
• Mykola Gureyev (1960–1963)
• Ivan Ivanenko (1963–1964)^[a]
• Mykola Davydenko (1963–1964)^[b]
• Mykola Gureyev (1964–1971)
• Mykola Davydenko (1971–1974)
• Viktor Lysytsyn (1974–1981)
• Albert Merzlenko (1981–1986)
• Rid Zveryev (1986–1987)
• Anatoliy Kasyanov (1987–1990)
• Eduard Khananov (1990–1991)
• Anatoliy Kasyanov (1991–1992)

Representative of the President

• Eduard Khananov (1992–1994)

Chairman of the Executive Committee

• Petro Kupin (1994–1995)

Heads of the Administration

• Petro Kupin (1995)
• Hennadiy Fomenko (1995–1998)
• Oleksandr Yefremov (1998–2005)
• Oleksiy Danilov (2005)^[3]
• Hennadiy Moskal (2005–2006)
• Oleksandr Kobityev (2006) (acting)
• Oleksandr Antipov (2006–2010)
• Valeriy Holenko (2010)
• Volodymyr Prystyuk (2010–2014)
• Mykhailo Bolotskykh (2014)
• Iryna Verihina (2014) (acting)
• Hennadiy Moskal (2014–2015)^[4][5]

Head of the Regional Military Civil Administration

Source:^[6][1]

• Yuriy Klymenko (2015)^[7]
• Heorhiy Tuka (2015–2016)^[8][9]
• Yuriy Harbuz (29 April 2016 – 22 November 2018)^[10]
• Serhiy Fil (22 November 2018 – 5 July 2019) (acting)
• Vitaliy Komarnytskyi (5 July – 25 October 2019)^[11]
• Serhiy Haidai (25 October 2019 - 15 March 2023)^[12][13]
• Oleksiy Smyrnov (16 March - 12 April 2023) (acting)
• Artem Lysohor (12 April 2023 - 15 April 2025)
• Oleksii Kharchenko (since 15 April 2025)^[14]

See also

• Luhansk Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine

Notes

1. For Industry
2. For Agriculture