List of female governors in Russia

This is a list of women who served as heads (governors) of Federal subjects of Russia.

History

The first female Governor in Russia was Valentina Bronevich who was Governor of Koryak Okrug from 1996 to 2000.

There are currently from 85 governors there only one female governor, this is Natalya Komarova of Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug.

List
  Denotes incumbent head of federal subject
  • Italics denotes an acting head of federal subject.
Name Image Party Federal subject Mandate start Mandate end Term length Departure Ref
Valentina Bronevich Independent  Koryak Okrug 17 November 1996 3 December 2000 4 years, 16 days Lost reelection
Valentina Matviyenko United Russia  Saint Petersburg 15 October 2003 22 August 2011 7 years, 311 days Resigned to become Senator
from Saint Petersburg		 [1]
Maria Bolshakova
(Acting Governor)		 Independent  Ulyanovsk Oblast 22 November 2004 6 January 2005 45 days Resigned after the inauguration of Sergey Morozov [2]
Natalya Komarova United Russia  Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug 1 March 2010 Incumbent 10 years, 314 days Serving [3]
Marina Kovtun United Russia  Murmansk Oblast 13 April 2012 21 March 2019 7 years, 8 days Resigned from office [4][5]
Svetlana Orlova United Russia  Vladimir Oblast 23 September 2013 8 October 2018 5 years, 15 days Lost reelection [6]
Natalia Zhdanova United Russia  Zabaykalsky Krai 18 February 2016 11 October 2018 2 years, 235 days Resigned from office [7][8]
Vera Scherbina
(Acting Governor)		 Independent  Sakhalin Oblast 26 September 2018 7 December 2018 72 days Replaced by Valery Limarenko as Acting Governor [9][10]
Olga Antipina
(Acting Governor)		 Independent  Perm Krai 21 January 2020 6 February 2020 16 days Replaced by Dmitry Makhonin as Acting Governor [11][12]

Timeline of female Governors

See also
  • List of current heads of federal subjects of Russia

References
  1. Губернаторские выборы - 2003
  2. Владимир Шаманов сдал партбилет на хранение
  3. Возвращение северянки. В стране появился второй губернатор-женщина
  4. Murmansk Governor Steps Down
  5. Губернатор Мурманской области Марина Ковтун подала в отставку
  6. Светлана Орлова назначена временно исполняющим обязанности губернатора Владимирской области
  7. Наталья Жданова назначена исполняющей обязанности губернатора Забайкальского края
  8. Наталья Жданова объяснила причины отставки
  9. Щербина стала исполняющим обязанности врио главы Сахалинской области
  10. Валерий Лимаренко назначен врио губернатора Сахалинской области
  11. И.о. председателя правительства Пермского края назначена Ольга Антипина
  12. Врио губернатора Пермского края назначен Дмитрий Махонин
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