Governor of Perm Krai

The governor of Perm Krai (Russian: Губернатор Пермского края) is the highest official of Perm Krai, a federal subject of Russia. The governor heads the executive branch in the region.

Governor of Perm Krai
Standard of the governor
Incumbent
Dmitry Makhonin
since 7 October 2020
SeatPerm
Term length5 years
Inaugural holderBoris Kuznetsov (as governor of Perm Oblast)
Formation1991
Websitewww.permkrai.ru

History of office

On 7 December 2003, a referendum was held, at which the residents of Perm Oblast and Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug supported the unification of these two regions. The united Perm Krai was established on 1 December 2005. On the same day acting governor of Perm Oblast Oleg Chirkunov took office as governor of Perm Krai.

List of officeholders
No. Image Governor Tenure Party Election
Perm Oblast
1 Boris Kuznetsov
(1935–2013)		 24 December 1991[1] — 6 January 1996 Independent
2 Gennady Igumnov
(1936–2021)		 12 January 1996[2] — 28 December 2000 1996[1]
3 Yury Trutnev
(born 1956)		 28 December 2000 — 12 March 2004 United Russia 2000[1]
— Oleg Chirkunov
(born 1958)		 25 March 2004[3] — 1 December 2005 Independent
Governors of Perm Krai
4 Oleg Chirkunov
(born 1958)		 1 December 2005[4] — 28 April 2012 Independent 2005[5]

2010

— Viktor Basargin
(born 1957)		 28 April 2012 — 5 May 2012 2012
5 5 May 2012 — 6 February 2017[6]
— Maxim Reshetnikov
(born 1979)		 6 February 2017 — 18 September 2017 United Russia 2017
6 18 September 2017 — 21 January 2020
— Olga Antipina[7]
(born 1963)		 21 January — 6 February 2020 Independent
— Dmitry Makhonin
(born 1982)		 6 February 2020[8] — 7 October 2020 2020
7 since 7 October 2020

Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug

In 1992, Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug was proclaimed separate subject of the federation, at the same time continuing to be part of Perm Oblast, being in contractual relations with it. For 14 years of Komi-Permyakia's semi-independent existence two persons were holding the office of Head of Administration.

No. Image Governor Tenure Party Election
1 Nikolay Poluyanov
(born 1952)		 14 December 1991[1] — December 2000 Independent 1996
2 Gennady Savelyev
(born 1945)		 December 2000 — 1 December 2005 2000

After 2005 unification, the former autonomy was continued by Komi-Permyak Okrug, a special territory within Perm Krai. Its head is ranked as Minister for Komi-Permyak Okrug Affairs and is appointed by the governor.[9]

References
  1. "История выборов и назначений губернатора Пермского края" [History of elections and appointments of the governor of Perm Krai]. TASS (in Russian). 2020-09-11.
  2. "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 12.01.1996 г. № 32" [Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of 01/12/1996 No. 32]. Kremlin.ru (in Russian).
  3. "Указ Президента России от 25 марта 2004 года № 395" [Decree of the President of Russia dated 25 March 2004 No. 395] (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2014-02-22.
  4. "В РФ появился новый субъект Федерации и новый губернатор" [A new subject of the Federation and a new governor appeared in the RF]. RBC (in Russian). 2005-12-01.
  5. "О.Чиркунов одобрен на пост губернатора Пермского края" [O. Chirkunov approved for the governor of Perm Krai]. RBC (in Russian). 2005-10-10.
  6. "Губернатор Прикамья Виктор Басаргин объявил о досрочном уходе в отставку" [Governor of Cis-Kama Viktor Basargin announced his early resignation]. Business-class.su (in Russian). 2017-02-06.
  7. Antipina Olga Vladimirovna, Government of Perm Krai
  8. "Врио губернатора Пермского края назначен Дмитрий Махонин" [Dmitry Makhonin appointed Acting Governor of Perm Krai]. Kommersant (in Russian). 2020-02-06.
  9. Ministry for Komi-Permyak Okrug Affairs
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