# Governor of Saint Petersburg

The Governor of Saint Petersburg (Russian: Губернатор Санкт-Петербурга, romanized: Gubernator Sankt-Peterburga) is the head of the executive branch of Saint Petersburg City Administration. The governor's office administers all city services, public property, police and fire protection, most public agencies, and enforces all city and state laws within all districts of the City of Saint Petersburg. The governor's office is located in Smolny Institute and appoints many officials, including deputy governors and directors (heads of city departments).
Under the Soviet regime, until 1991 the head of the city administration was called chairperson of the executive committee. Between 1991 and 1996, the head of the administration was called Mayor after which they were called Governor. Between 1991 and 2006 the mayor/governor was elected by direct vote of city residents. Between 2004 and 2014, the governor was nominated by the President of the Russian Federation and approved (or disapproved) by the City Legislative Assembly, and since 2014 the governor has been elected by popular vote of city residents.

## List of heads of administration of Saint Petersburg
### Chairpersons of the Executive Committee (1917–1991)

| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Ref. |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Ref. |
| 1 | | Leon Trotsky (1879–1940) | 25 October 1917 | 11 December 1917 | 47 days | Communist Party |
| 2 | | Grigory Zinoviev (1883–1936) | 13 December 1917 | 12 July 1926 | 8 years, 211 days | Communist Party |
| 3 | | Nikolay Komarov (1886–1937) | 12 July 1926 | 7 January 1930 | 3 years, 179 days | Communist Party |
| 4 | | Ivan Kodatsky (1893–1937) | April 1930 | January 1937 | 6 years, 9 months | Communist Party |
| 5 | | Vasily Shestakov (1891–1956) | January 1937 | March 1937 | 2 months | Communist Party |
| 6 | | Aleksey Petrovsky (1889–1939) | September 1937 | October 1938 | 1 year, 1 month | Communist Party |
| 7 | | Alexei Kosygin (1904–1980) | October 1938 | 6 January 1939 | 3 months | Communist Party |
| 8 | | Pyotr Popkov (1903–1950) | 6 January 1939 | 9 March 1946 | 7 years, 62 days | Communist Party |
| 9 | | Pyotr Lazutin (1905–1950) | 11 March 1946 | 22 February 1949 | 2 years, 348 days | Communist Party |
| 10 | | Pyotr Ladanov (1904–1989) | 2 March 1949 | June 1954 | 5 years, 3 months | Communist Party |
| 11 | | Nikolay Smirnov (1906–1962) | June 1954 | 17 June 1962 | 8 years | Communist Party |
| 12 | | Vasily Isayev (1917–2008) | June 1962 | August 1966 | 4 years, 2 months | Communist Party |
| 13 | | Aleksandr Sizov (1913–1972) | August 1966 | December 1972 | 6 years, 4 months | Communist Party |
| 14 | | Vasily Kazakov (1927–2008) | January 1973 | June 1976 | 3 years, 5 months | Communist Party |
| 15 | | Lev Zaykov (1923–2002) | June 1976 | 26 April 1983 | 6 years, 10 months | Communist Party |
| 16 | | Vladimir Khodyrev (1930–2024) | 26 April 1983 | 23 May 1990 | 7 years, 27 days | Communist Party |
| 17 | | Aleksandr Schelkanov (born 1939) | 23 May 1990 | 12 June 1991 | 1 year, 20 days | Communist Party |

### Governors of Saint Petersburg (1991–present)

| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Ref. |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Ref. |
| | | Anatoly Sobchak (1937–2000) Mayor of Saint Petersburg | 12 June 1991 | 5 June 1996 | 4 years, 359 days | Independent |
| 1 | | Vladimir Yakovlev (born 1944) | 5 June 1996 | 15 June 2003 | 7 years, 10 days | Independent |
| — | | Alexander Beglov (born 1956) Acting | 16 June 2003 | 5 October 2003 | 111 days | Independent |
| 2 | | Valentina Matviyenko (born 1949) | 5 October 2003 | 31 August 2011 | 7 years, 330 days | United Russia |
| 3 | | Georgy Poltavchenko (born 1953) | 31 August 2011 | 3 October 2018 | 7 years, 33 days | United Russia |
| — | | Alexander Beglov (born 1956) | 3 October 2018 | 18 September 2019 | 350 days | United Russia |
| 4 | | Alexander Beglov (born 1956) | 18 September 2019 | Incumbent | 5 years, 153 days | United Russia |

## Latest election

Summary of the 6–8 September 2024 Saint Petersburg gubernatorial election results :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Alexander Beglov (incumbent) | United Russia | 895,307 | 59.80 |
| | Maksim Yakovlev | Liberal Democratic Party | 274,516 | 18.34 |
| | Pavel Bragin | The Greens | 176,467 | 11.79 |
| | Sergey Malinkovich | Communists of Russia | 120,694 | 8.06 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 1,466,984 | 97.98 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 30,185 | 2.02 |
| Total | Total | Total | 1,497,172 | 100.00 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,497,172 | 37.50 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 3,992,070 | 100.00 |
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