# Governor of Kaliningrad Oblast

The Governor of Kaliningrad Oblast (Губернатор Калининградской области) is the head of executive branch for the Kaliningrad Oblast (former Königsberg, East Prussia), considered as Prime Minister of Kaliningrad Oblast.
The office of Governor is an elected position, for which elected officials serve four year terms. While individual politicians may serve as many terms as they can be elected to, Governors cannot be elected to more than two consecutive terms.
The official residence for the Governor is located in Kaliningrad. The current acting Governor is Alexey Besprozvannykh who assumed office 15 May 2024.

## Chairmen of the Kaliningrad Oblast Executive Committee (1947–91)

Since the creation of Kaliningrad Oblast in 1946 and until the spring of 1990, the Kaliningrad Regional Committee of the Communist Party had the leading role in its government. The committee was led by:
* Vasily Borisov (May 1947 – April 1948)
* Alexey Yegorov (April 1948 – December 1951)
* Zakhar Slaykovsky (December 1951 – May 1962)
* Yakov Prushinsky (May 1962 – March 1966)
* Vladimir Vitkovsky (May 1966 – May 1983)
* Vasily Loginov (June 1983 – April 1987)
* Yuri Malinkin (April 1987 – September 1991)

## List of governors

| # | Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Election |
| 1 | Yuri Matochkin (1931–2006) | 25 September 1991 | 20 October 1996 | Independent | |
| 2 | Leonid Gorbenko (1939–2010) | 20 October 1996 | 8 December 2000 | Our Home – Russia | 1996 |
| 3 | Vladimir Yegorov (1938–2022) | 8 December 2000 | 28 September 2005 | United Russia | 2000 |
| 4 | Georgy Boos (born 1963) | 28 September 2005 | 27 September 2010 | United Russia | 2005 |
| 5 | Nikolay Tsukanov (born 1965) | 28 September 2010 | 28 July 2016 | United Russia | 2010 2015 |
| — | Yevgeny Zinichev (1966–2021) | 28 July 2016 | 6 October 2016 | Independent | |
| — | Anton Alikhanov (born 1986) | 6 October 2016 | 9 September 2017 | United Russia | 2017 2022 |
| 6 | Anton Alikhanov (born 1986) | 29 September 2017 | 14 May 2024 | United Russia | 2017 2022 |
| — | Sergei Yeliseyev (born 1971) | 14 May 2024 | 15 May 2024 | Independent |
| — | Alexey Besprozvannykh (born 1979) | 15 May 2024 | Incumbent | Independent | |

## Elections

The latest election for the office was held September 11 2022.
Summary of the 9–11 September 2022 Kaliningrad Oblast gubernatorial election results :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Anton Alikhanov (incumbent) | United Russia | 259,220 | 80.21 |
| | Yevgeny Mishin | Liberal Democratic Party | 20,683 | 6.40 |
| | Maksim Bulanov | Communist Party | 15,783 | 4.88 |
| | Yury Shitikov | A Just Russia — For Truth | 12,089 | 3.74 |
| | Vladimir Vukolov | Party of Pensioners | 4,722 | 1.46 |
| | Vladimir Sultanov | Communists of Russia | 4,256 | 1.32 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 316,753 | 98.01 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 6,410 | 1.98 |
| Total | Total | Total | 323,172 | 100.00 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 323,172 | 38.49 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 839,700 | 100.00 |
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The previous election for the office was held on 10 September 2017
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Anton Alikhanov | United Russia | 255,491 | 81.06% |
| | Igor Revin | Communist Party | 28,007 | 8.89% |
| | Yevgeny Mishin | Liberal Democratic Party | 17,256 | 5.47% |
| | Yekaterina Timofeeva | Greens | 7,966 | 2.53% |
| Valid ballots | Valid ballots | Valid ballots | 308,720 | 97.95% |
| Invalid ballots | Invalid ballots | Invalid ballots | 6,467 | 2.05% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 315,187 | 39.35% |