Governor of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast

The Governor of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast (Губернатор Еврейской автономной области) is the head of executive branch for the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, considered as Prime Minister of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast.

Governor of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast
Incumbent
Alexander Levintal
since February 24, 2015
ResidenceBirobidzhan
Term lengthFour years, renewable once
Inaugural holderIosif Liberberg
1934
Formation1934 as Chairman of Executive Committee of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast
WebsiteGovernment of the Jewish Autonomous 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 Birobidzhan. The current Governor is Alexander Levintal, who acting office on February 24, 2015.

Governors

Chairman of Executive Committee of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast
  • Iosif Liberberg (1934-1936)
  • Mikhail Kattel (1936-1937)
  • Miron Geller (1937-1938) (acting)
  • Nikolay Bigler (1938-1939) (acting)
  • ? (1939-1940)
  • Mikhail Zilbershteyn (1940-1947)
  • Mikhail Levitin (1947-1949)
  • Lew Benkovich (1949-1955)
  • F.T. Klimenko (1955-1961)
  • Grigory Podgayev (1961-1962)
  • Andrey Okovitov (1962-1971)
  • Sergey Duvakin (1971-1985)
  • Mark Kaufman (1985-1990)
  • Boris Korsunsky (1990-1991)

Head of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast Administration

Governor of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast
No. Portrait Name Term of Office Political Party
Took Office Left Office
1 Nikolay Volkov 26 October 1996 25 February 2010 Our Home is Russia
/United Russia
2 Alexander Vinnikov 25 February 2010 24 February 2015 United Russia
3 Alexander Levintal 24 February 2015 Incumbent United Russia

Elections

The latest election for the office was held on 13 September 2015.

Candidates Party Votes %
Vladimir Dudin A Just Russia 8952.14
Konstantin Lazarev Communist Party of the Russian Federation 6,01814.37
Alexander Levintal United Russia 31,57775.42
Pavel Malyshev Liberal Democratic Party of Russia 1,6333.90
Tatyana Odyriy Party of Pensioners' of Russia 6821.63
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