Governor of Perm Krai

The governor of Perm Krai (Russian: Губернатор Пермского края) is the highest official of Perm Krai, a federal subject of Russia. The governor heads the executive branch in the region.

Governor of Perm Krai
Standard of the governor
Incumbent Dmitry Makhonin since 7 October 2020
Seat	Perm
Term length	5 years
Inaugural holder	Boris Kuznetsov (as governor of Perm Oblast)
Formation	1991
Website	www.permkrai.ru

History of office

On 7 December 2003, a referendum was held, at which the residents of Perm Oblast and Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug supported the unification of these two regions. The united Perm Krai was established on 1 December 2005. On the same day acting governor of Perm Oblast Oleg Chirkunov took office as governor of Perm Krai.

List of officeholders

No.	Image	Governor	Tenure	Party		Election
Perm Oblast
1		Boris Kuznetsov (1935–2013)	24 December 1991[1] — 6 January 1996		Independent
2		Gennady Igumnov (1936–2021)	12 January 1996[2] — 28 December 2000			1996[1]
3		Yury Trutnev (born 1956)	28 December 2000 — 12 March 2004		United Russia	2000[1]
—		Oleg Chirkunov (born 1958)	25 March 2004[3] — 1 December 2005		Independent
Governors of Perm Krai
4		Oleg Chirkunov (born 1958)	1 December 2005[4] — 28 April 2012		Independent	2005[5] 2010
—		Viktor Basargin (born 1957)	28 April 2012 — 5 May 2012			2012
5			5 May 2012 — 6 February 2017[6]
—		Maxim Reshetnikov (born 1979)	6 February 2017 — 18 September 2017		United Russia	2017
6			18 September 2017 — 21 January 2020
—		Olga Antipina[7] (born 1963)	21 January — 6 February 2020		Independent
—		Dmitry Makhonin (born 1982)	6 February 2020[8] — 7 October 2020			2020
7			since 7 October 2020

Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug

In 1992, Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug was proclaimed separate subject of the federation, at the same time continuing to be part of Perm Oblast, being in contractual relations with it. For 14 years of Komi-Permyakia's semi-independent existence two persons were holding the office of Head of Administration.

No.	Image	Governor	Tenure	Party		Election
1		Nikolay Poluyanov (born 1952)	14 December 1991[1] — December 2000		Independent	1996
2		Gennady Savelyev (born 1945)	December 2000 — 1 December 2005			2000

After 2005 unification, the former autonomy was continued by Komi-Permyak Okrug, a special territory within Perm Krai. Its head is ranked as Minister for Komi-Permyak Okrug Affairs and is appointed by the governor.^[9]