Governor of Murmansk Oblast

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.

Governor of Murmansk Oblast
Coat of arms of Murmansk Oblast
Incumbent Andrey Chibis since 27 September 2019
Residence	Murmansk
Term length	5 years
Inaugural holder	Yevgeny Komarov
Formation	1991
Website	gov-murman.ru

Governors of Murmansk Oblast

No.	Image	Governor	Term start	Term end	Party		Election
1		Yevgeny Komarov (born 1942)	10 November 1991	7 December 1996		Independent	none
2		Yury Yevdokimov (born 1945)	7 December 1996	25 March 2009		Independent → United Russia	1996 2000 2004 2007
3		Dmitry Dmitriyenko (born 1963)	25 March 2009	4 April 2012		United Russia	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 2024
5			27 September 2019	incumbent

Timeline

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