Head of Tambov Oblast

The Head of Tambov Oblast (Russian: Глава Тамбовской области) is the head of government of that region of Russia.

Head of Tambov Oblast
Глава Тамбовской области
Coat of arms of Tambov Oblast
Incumbent Yevgeny Pervyshov Acting  since 4 November 2024
Residence	Tambov
Term length	5 years
Formation	1991
First holder	Vladimir Babenko

History of office

In the late 1991, the President of Russia Boris Yeltsin appointed the first heads of the newly established post-Soviet executive authorities in the regions. On 11 December 1991 Vladimir Babenko, chief of Tambov regional hospital and people's deputy of the RSFSR, was appointed head of administration of Tambov Oblast.^[1] Later this region refused to rename the office into governor, as most of other oblasts did.

The title of office was changed to head of Tambov Oblast in 2022.^[2]

List

#	Portrait	Head	In office	Party		Election
1		Vladimir Babenko (1931–1996)	11 December 1991 — 24 March 1995		Independent
2		Oleg Betin (1950–2023)	24 March 1995[3] — 29 December 1995		Our Home – Russia
3		Aleksandr Ryabov (1936–2019)	29 December 1995 — 26 December 1999		Communist Party	1995
(2)		Oleg Betin (1950–2023)	26 December 1999 — 25 May 2015		Independent	1999[4] 2003 2005 2010[5]
					United Russia
—		Aleksandr Nikitin (born 1976)	25 May 2015 — 22 September 2015 Acting head of administration	2015 2020
4			22 September 2015 — 4 October 2021
—		Maksim Yegorov (born 1977)	4 October 2021 – 28 September 2022 Acting head of administration	2022
5			28 September 2022 — 4 November 2024
-		Yevgeny Pervyshov (born 1976)	since 4 November 2024[6] Acting head of administration		United Russia