Governor of Kursk Oblast

Governor of Kursk Oblast
Governor of Kursk Oblast
Губернатор Курской области (Russian)
	Standart of governor Kursk oblast
	Incumbent; Alexey Smirnov; since 16 September 2024
Seat	Kursk
Term length	5 years
Formation	1991
First holder	Vasily Shuteyev
Website	kursk.ru

The Governor of Kursk Oblast (Russian: Губернатор Курской области) is the head of government of Kursk Oblast, a federal subject of Russia.

The position was introduced in 1991 as Head of Administration of Kursk Oblast. The Governor is elected by direct popular vote for a term of five years and can hold the position for two consecutive terms.

List of officeholders

No.	Portrait	Name (birth–death)	Term of office			Political party		Elected	Ref.
No.	Portrait	Name (birth–death)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party		Elected	Ref.
1		Vasily Shuteyev (born 1942)	11 December 1991	23 October 1996	4 years, 317 days		Independent	–
2		Alexander Rutskoy (born 1947)	23 October 1996	18 November 2000	4 years, 26 days		Derzhava	1996	^[1]
3		Alexander Mikhailov (1951–2020)	18 November 2000	11 October 2018	17 years, 327 days		Communist	2000 2005 2010 2014	^[2]^[3]^[1]
3		Alexander Mikhailov (1951–2020)	18 November 2000	11 October 2018	17 years, 327 days		United Russia	2000 2005 2010 2014	^[2]^[3]^[1]
—		Roman Starovoyt (born 1972)	11 October 2018	16 September 2019	340 days		United Russia	–	^[4]^[5]
4		Roman Starovoyt (born 1972)	16 September 2019	12 May 2024	4 years, 239 days		United Russia	2019	^[4]^[5]
–		Alexei Smirnov (born 1973)	12 May 2024	Incumbent	192 days		Independent	–
–		Alexei Smirnov (born 1973)	12 May 2024	Incumbent	192 days		United Russia	–

References

^ ^a ^b "Выборы и назначения губернатора Курской области с 1996 г. Досье". TASS (in Russian). 28 August 2014.
^ "Михайлов утвержден на пост губернатора Курской области". Vedomosti (in Russian). 22 February 2005.
^ "Александр Михайлов утвержден губернатором Курской области". Rossiyskaya Gazeta (in Russian). 1 March 2010.
^ "Роман Старовойт назначен временно исполняющим обязанности Губернатора Курской области". kremlin.ru (in Russian). 11 October 2018.
^ "Старовойт победил на выборах губернатора Курской области с 81,07% голосов". Kommersant (in Russian). 9 September 2019.

[t-1] "Выборы и назначения губернатора Курской области с 1996 г. Досье". TASS (in Russian). 28 August 2014.

[2] "Михайлов утвержден на пост губернатора Курской области". Vedomosti (in Russian). 22 February 2005.

[3] "Александр Михайлов утвержден губернатором Курской области". Rossiyskaya Gazeta (in Russian). 1 March 2010.

[4] "Роман Старовойт назначен временно исполняющим обязанности Губернатора Курской области". kremlin.ru (in Russian). 11 October 2018.

[5] "Старовойт победил на выборах губернатора Курской области с 81,07% голосов". Kommersant (in Russian). 9 September 2019.

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v t e Heads (governors) of federal subjects of Russia
Republics	Adygea Altai Bashkortostan Buryatia Chechnya Chuvashia Crimea¹ Dagestan Donetsk¹ Ingushetia Kabardino-Balkaria Kalmykia Karachay-Cherkessia Karelia Khakassia Komi Lugansk¹ Mari El Mordovia North Ossetia–Alania Sakha Tatarstan Tuva Udmurtia
Krais	Altai Kamchatka Khabarovsk Krasnodar Krasnoyarsk Perm Primorsky Stavropol Zabaykalsky
Oblasts	Amur Arkhangelsk Astrakhan Belgorod Bryansk Chelyabinsk Irkutsk Ivanovo Kaliningrad Kaluga Kemerovo Kherson¹ Kirov Kostroma Kurgan Kursk Leningrad Lipetsk Magadan Moscow Murmansk Nizhny Novgorod Novgorod Novosibirsk Omsk Orenburg Oryol Penza Pskov Rostov Ryazan Sakhalin Samara Saratov Smolensk Sverdlovsk Tambov Tomsk Tula Tver Tyumen Ulyanovsk Vladimir Volgograd Vologda Voronezh Yaroslavl Zaporozhye¹
Federal cities	Moscow Saint Petersburg Sevastopol¹
Autonomous oblast	Jewish
Autonomous okrugs	Chukotka Khanty-Mansi² Nenets³ Yamalo-Nenets²
¹Claimed by Ukraine and considered by most of the international community to be part of Ukraine ²Administratively subordinated to Tyumen Oblast ³Administratively subordinated to Arkhangelsk Oblast