Governor of Smolensk Oblast

The governor of Smolensk Oblast (Russian: Губернатор Смоленской области) is the highest official of Smolensk Oblast, a region in Central Russia. He heads the supreme executive body of the region — the Smolensk Oblast administration.

Governor of Smolensk Oblast
Coat of arms of Smolensk Oblast
Incumbent Vasily Anokhin Acting  since 17 March 2023
Seat	Smolensk
Term length	5 years
Inaugural holder	Valery Fateyev
Formation	1991
Website	www.admin-smolensk.ru/en/

Alexey Ostrovsky was dismissed in March 2023 and succeeded by Vasily Anokhin.^[1]

List of office-holders

This is a list of governors of Smolensk Oblast:

No.	Image	Governor	Tenure	Party		Election
1		Valery Fateyev (born 1946)	24 October 1991 – 11 May 1993[2]		Independent
2		Anatoly Glushenkov (1942–2018)	29 April 1993 – 29 May 1998			1993[3]
3		Aleksandr Prokhorov (born 1953)	29 May 1998 – 24 May 2002			1998
4		Viktor Maslov (born 1950)	24 May 2002 – 18 December 2007		United Russia	2002 2005[2]
5		Sergey Antufyev (born 1955)	24 December 2007 — 20 April 2012			2007[2]
6		Alexey Ostrovsky (born 1976)	26 April 2012 — 18 May 2015		LDPR	2012 2015 2020[4]
—			18 May — 28 September 2015
(6)			28 September 2015 — 17 March 2023
—		Vasily Anokhin (born 1983)	since 17 March 2023[1]

Elections

The latest election for the office was held on 13 September 2020

2020

Candidates	Party	Votes	%
Aleksandr Bichayev	Communists of Russia	14,001	6.24
Olga Kalistratova	A Just Russia	17,971	8
Andrey Mitrofanenkov	Communist Party of the Russian Federation	57,937	25.8
Alexey Ostrovsky	Liberal Democratic Party of Russia	126,947	56.54

2015

The election was held on 13 September 2015

Candidates	Party	Votes	%
Vladimir Zaytsev	Party for Justice!	4,630	2.03
Nikolay Kuznetsov	Communist Party of the Russian Federation	26,507	11.62
Sergey Lebedev	A Just Russia	28,329	12.42
Yelena Lobanova	Civic Platform	12,422	5.45
Alexey Ostrovsky	Liberal Democratic Party of Russia	148,700	65.18

References

1. "Vasily Anokhin appointed Acting Governor of Smolensk Region". press release. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
2. "История выборов и назначений губернатора Смоленской области" [History of elections and appointments of the governor of Smolensk Oblast] (in Russian). TASS.
3. "Умер бывший губернатор Смоленской области Анатолий Глушенков". Kommersant. 2018-01-16. Archived from the original on 2018-01-17. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
4. "Островский вступил в должность губернатора Смоленской области" [Ostrovsky took office as Governor of Smolensk Oblast] (in Russian). TASS. 2020-09-18.