# Governor of Irkutsk Oblast

The Governor of Irkutsk Oblast (Russian: Губернатор Иркутской области) is the highest official of Irkutsk Oblast. The office of governor of Irkutsk Governorate was established in 1783 as part of the Russian Empire. In 1926, under the Soviet Union, the governorate became part of the newly created Siberian Krai, which lasted until its division in 1930 into East and West Siberian Krais. The area of the former Irkutsk Governorate became part of the East Siberian Krai. In 1936 East Siberian Krai was further divided up, and in 1937 the remaining area was split into Chita Oblast and Irkutsk Oblast. Since then Irkutsk Oblast has been an independent federal subject of Russia.

## Powers and responsibilities

* Promote or rejects the laws passed by the Irkutsk Oblast Duma.
* Submits a reports on the execution of regional budget to the Oblast Duma.
* Submits the draft strategies for the socio-economic development of the oblast and an annual report on the implementation and effectiveness of the state programs of Irkutsk Oblast.
* Attends the meetings of Oblast Duma and submits annual reports on the activity of the Government of Irkutsk Oblast, including the issues raised by the members of Oblast Duma.
* Decides on early termination of the Irkutsk Oblast Duma.
* Determines the structure of state powers of the Irkutsk Oblast in accordance with the charter of Irkutsk Oblast.
* With the coordination with Oblast Duma; He appoints the First Deputy Governor of Irkutsk Province.
* Can dismiss the First Deputy Governor of Irkutsk Oblast.
* Forms the government of Irkutsk Oblast and appoints the Chairman of the Government, First Deputy Chairman of the Government, and the government ministers of Irkutsk Oblast and can also dismissed them.
* Determines the main activities of the Government of Irkutsk Oblast.
* Had a right to call an emergency session of the Irkutsk Oblast Duma.
* Decides the dismissal of the Government of Irkutsk Oblast.
* Appoints a representative of the Government of Irkutsk Oblast to the Federation Council.
* Appoints the position of the Commissioner for the Protection of the Rights of Entrepreneurs of the Irkutsk Oblast.
* Appoints the Prosecutor of Irkutsk Oblast.
* Submits the report to the President of Russia on the performance of the Executive bodies of Irkutsk Oblast.
* Has a right to conduct referendum in Irkutsk Oblast.
* Can dismissed the heads of local administration of Irkutsk Oblast.
* Give titles and awards of the Irkutsk Oblast.
* The Governor of Irkutsk Oblast exercises other powers in accordance with the Constitution of Russia and the Charter of Irkutsk Oblast.

## Distribution of duties

* Represents the Irkutsk Oblast in relations with federal state authorities, state authorities of other constituent entities of the Russian Federation, other state bodies of the Irkutsk Oblast, local governments and other municipal bodies of the municipal formations of the Irkutsk region, organizations, public associations and citizens, as well as international and foreign economic relations of the Irkutsk Oblast.
* Within the framework of determining the main areas of activity of the Government of the Irkutsk Oblast, issues instructions (instructions) to the First Deputy Governor of the Irkutsk Oblast - the Chairman of the Government of the Irkutsk Oblast, Deputy Governors of the Irkutsk Oblast, Deputy Chairmen of the Government of the Irkutsk Oblast, Ministers of the Irkutsk Oblast (hereinafter - members of the Government of the Irkutsk Oblast).

## Term of office

Since May 2003 the governor has been elected for a five-year term. Prior to this it was a four-year term.

## Current cabinet

All cabinet ministers are appointed by the Governor.

### Current cabinet

As of March 2020, the cabinet members are as follows:
Kobzev Cabinet :
| Office | Office-holder |
| Governor | Igor Kobzev |
| First Deputy Governor | Konstantin Borisovich Zaitsev |
| First Deputy Governor | Dmitry Viktorovich Berdnikov |
| Deputy Governor | Vladimir Yuryevich Dorofeyev |
| Deputy Governor | Andrey Vladimirovich Kozlov |
| Deputy Governor | Anatoly Andriyanovich Prokopyev |
| Deputy Chairman of the Government | Ruslan Leonidovich Sitnikov |
| Deputy Chairman of the Government | Shamil Abdulaevich Baulov |
| Deputy Chairman of the Government | Yevgeny Pavlovich Levchenko |
| Deputy Chairman of the Government | Valentina Feofanovna Voblikova |
| Deputy Chairman of the Government | Teymur Talekhovich Magomedov |
| Minister of Property Relations | Marina Alexandrovna Bargazova |
| Minister of Culture | |
| Minister of Housing, Energy and Transport | |
| Minister of Construction and Road Management | Svetlana Dmitrievna Svirkina |
| Minister of Finance | Natalia Veniaminovna Boyarinova |
| Minister of Forestry | Dmitry Valerevich Petrenev |
| Minister of Youth Policy | Yegor Alexandrovich Lukovnikov |
| Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology | |
| Minister of Social Development | Vladimir Anatolyevich Rodionov |
| Minister of Health | Natalia Petrovna Ledyaeva |
| Minister of Sports | Ilya Yuryevich Reznik |
| Minister of Agriculture | Ilya Pavlovich Sumarokov |
| Minister of Labour and Employment | Natalya Vladimirovna Vorontsova |
| Minister of Education | Elena Vladimirovna Apanovich |

## List of governors since 1991

| # | Governor | Tenure | Party | Election |
| 1 | Yury Nozhikov (1934–2010) | 19 September 1991 — 25 April 1997 | Civic Union | 1994 |
| 1 | Yury Nozhikov (1934–2010) | 19 September 1991 — 25 April 1997 | independent | 1994 |
| — | Vitaly Ivanov (born 1946) | 25 April — 8 August 1997 | independent | |
| 2 | Boris Govorin (born 1947) | 21 August 1997 — 26 August 2005 | independent | 1997 2001 |
| 3 | Alexander Tishanin (born 1966) | 26 August 2005 — 15 April 2008 | United Russia | 2005 |
| — | Igor Yesipovsky (1960–2009) | 15 April — 13 December 2008 | United Russia | 2008 |
| 4 | Igor Yesipovsky (1960–2009) | 13 December 2008 — 10 May 2009 | United Russia | 2008 |
| — | Sergey Sokol (born 1970) | 10 May — 8 June 2009 | United Russia | |
| 5 | Dmitry Mezentsev (born 1959) | 8 June 2009 — 18 May 2012 | United Russia | 2009 |
| — | Sergey Yeroshchenko (born 1961) | 18 May — 29 May 2012 | United Russia | 2012 |
| 6 | Sergey Yeroshchenko (born 1961) | 29 May 2012 — 13 May 2015 | United Russia | 2012 |
| — | Sergey Yeroshchenko (born 1961) | 13 May — 2 October 2015 | United Russia | 2012 |
| 7 | Sergey Levchenko (born 1953) | 2 October 2015 — 12 December 2019 | Communist Party | 2015 |
| — | Igor Kobzev (born 1966) | 12 December 2019 — 18 September 2020 | Independent | 2020 |
| 8 | Igor Kobzev (born 1966) | from 18 September 2020 | Independent | 2020 |

## Heads of the region in previous eras
### Irkutsk Governorate, Russian Empire (1783–1917)

| # | Governor | Took office | Left office | Comments |
| 1 | Ivan Varfolomeyevich Jacobi [ru] | 1783 | 1787 | Governors General |
| 2 | Ivan Alferevich Pil [ru] | 1787 | 1793 | Governors General |
| 3 | Khristofor Ivanovich Treyden [ru] | 1797 | 1798 | Military Governors |
| 4 | Boris Borisovich Lezzano [ru] | 1798 | 1800 | Military Governors |
| 5 | Nikolai Petrovich Lebedev [ru] | 1800 | 1803 | Military Governors |
| 6 | Ivan Osipovich Selifontov [ru] | 1803 | 1806 | Governors General of Siberia |
| 7 | Ivan Borisovich Pestel [ru] | 1806 | 1819 | Governors General of Siberia |
| 8 | Mikhail Mikhailovich Speransky | 1819 | 1822 | Governors General of Siberia |
| 9 | Ivan Bogdanovich Tseidler [ru] | 1822 | 1835 | Governors |
| 10 | Aleksandr Nikolaevich Yevsevyev | 1835 | 1838 | Governors |
| 11 | Aleksey Iraklievich Levshin [ru] | 1838 | 1839 | Governors |
| 12 | Andrey Vasilyevich Pyatnitsky | 1839 | 1848 | Governors |
| 13 | Vladimir Nikolaevich Zarin [ru] | 1848 | 1851 | Governors |
| 14 | Karl-Burgard Karlovich von Wenzel [ru] | 1851 | 1859 | Governors |
| 15 | Pyotr Aleksandrovich Izvolsky [ru] | 1859 | 1862 | Governors |
| 16 | Nikolay Fedorovich Shcherbatsky | 1862 | 1864 | Governors |
| 17 | Konstantin Nikolaevich Shelashnikov [ru] | 1864 | 1880 | Governors |
| 18 | Ivan Konstantinovich Pedashenko [ru] | 1880 | 1882 | Governors |
| 19 | Sergey Ivanovich Nosovich | 1882 | 1886 | Governors |
| 20 | Vladimir Zakharovich Kolenko [ru] | 1886 | 1889 | Governors |
| 21 | Konstantin Nikolaevich Svetlitsky [ru] | 1889 | 1897 | Governors |
| 22 | Ivan Petrovich Mollerius [ru] | 1897 | 1908 | Governors |
| 23 | Pyotr Karlovich Gran [ru] | 1908 | 1911 | Governors |
| 24 | Fyodor Aleksandrovich Bantysh [ru] | 1911 | 1913 | Governors |
| 25 | Aleksandr Nikolaevich Yugan | 1913 | 1917 | Governors |

### Soviet Union
#### Siberian Krai (1925–1930)

| # | Governor | Took office | Left office |
| 26 | Robert Eikhe | 1925 | 1930 |
| 27 | Stepan Kuznetsov | 1929 | 1930 |

#### East Siberian Krai (1930–1937)

| # | Governor | Took office | Left office |
| 28 | Nikolai Zimin | 1930 | 1932 |
| 29 | Vasily Bukati [ru] | 1932 | 1934 |
| 30 | Yakov Pakhomov | 1934 | 1937 |

#### Irkutsk Oblast (1937–1991)

| # | Secretary | Term |
| 31 | Aleksandr Shcherbakov | 1937 - 1938 |
| 32 | Arkady Fillipov [ru] | 1938 - 1939 |
| 33 | Kirill Kachalin [ru] | 1939 - 1944 |
| 34 | Aleksandr Yefimov | 1944 - 1949 |
| 35 | Alexey Khuvorustukhin [ru] | 1949 - 1955 |
| 36 | Boris Kobelev [ru] | 1955 - 1957 |
| 37 | Semyon Shchetinin [ru] | 1957 - 1968 |
| 38 | Nikolai Bannikov [ru] | 1968 - 1983 |
| 39 | Vasily Sitnikov [ru] | 1983 - 1988 |
| 40 | Vladimir Potapov [ru] | 1988 - 1990 |
| 41 | Viktor Spirin [ru] | 1990 - 1991 |