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The 2025 Kaluga Oblast gubernatorial election will take place on 14 September 2025, on common election day, coinciding with 2025 Kaluga Oblast legislative election. Incumbent governor of Kaluga Oblast Vladislav Shapsha is running for a second term in office.
Mayor of Obninsk Vladislav Shapsha was appointed acting governor of Kaluga Oblast in February 2020, replacing four-term incumbent Anatoly Artamonov, one of the longest-serving governors in Russia, who resigned at his own request. [1] A day later Shapsha appointed Artamonov to the Federation Council after the resignation of senator Yury Volkov. [2] Shapsha ran for a full term and overwhelmingly won the election with 71.19% of the vote. [3]
In February 2025 during a meeting with President Vladimir Putin Governor Shapsha announced his intention to run for a second term and received Putin's endorsement. [4]
In Kaluga Oblast candidates for Governor of Kaluga Oblast can be nominated only by registered political parties. Candidate for Governor of Kaluga Oblast should be a Russian citizen and at least 30 years old. Candidates for Governor of Kaluga Oblast should not have a foreign citizenship or residence permit. Each candidate in order to be registered is required to collect at least 5% of signatures of members and heads of municipalities. [5] Also gubernatorial candidates present 3 candidacies to the Federation Council and election winner later appoints one of the presented candidates.
