page_title: Belgorod Oblast
section_title: Politics
hierarchical_section_title: Belgorod Oblast / Politics
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Стела «Город воинской славы» на фоне здания Администрации Белгородской области. Белгород. This is a photo of a cultural heritage object in Russia, number: 3100001292 This template and pages using it are maintained by the Russian WLM team. Please read the guidelines before making any changes that can affect the monuments database!
context_page_description: Belgorod Oblast is a federal subject of Russia. Its administrative center is the city of Belgorod. Population: 1,532,526.
context_section_description: During the Soviet period, the high authority in the oblast was shared between three persons: The first secretary of the Belgorod CPSU Committee (who in reality had the biggest authority), the chairman of the oblast Soviet (legislative power), and the Chairman of the oblast Executive Committee (executive power). Since 1991, CPSU lost all the power, and the head of the Oblast administration, and eventually the governor was appointed/elected alongside elected regional parliament.
  The Charter of Belgorod Oblast is the fundamental law of the region. The Legislative Assembly of Belgorod Oblast is the province's standing legislative (representative) body. The Legislative Assembly exercises its authority by passing laws, resolutions, and other legal acts and by supervising the implementation and observance of the laws and other legal acts passed by it. The highest executive body is the Oblast Government, which includes territorial executive bodies such as district administrations, committees, and commissions that facilitate development and run the day to day matters of the province. The Oblast administration supports the activities of the Governor who is the highest official and acts as guarantor of the observance of the oblast Charter in accordance with the Constitution of Russia.
  The governor of Belgorod Oblast, Yevgeny Savchenko, was first appointed to this position in 1993 and subsequently re-elected in 1995, 1999, 2003, and 2007. In the 1999 election, his rival was Vladimir Zhirinovsky.
  On 16 October 2005, elections to the Oblast Duma were conducted. The United Russia Party has won 20 out of 35 seats, 4 seats were won by the Communist Party, 2 by the LDPR, and 1 by the Rodina party.
caption: Oblast Administration building in Belgorod
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