Governor of Kherson Oblast

Head of Military Civil Administration of Kherson Oblast
Seal of Kherson Oblast
Incumbent Oleksandr Prokudin since 7 February 2023 [1]
Residence	Kherson
Term length	Four years
Inaugural holder	Pylyp Pasenchenko-Demydenko 1944
Formation	1944 as Chairman of Executive Committee of Kherson Oblast
Website	Government of Kherson Oblast

The governor of Kherson Oblast is the head of executive branch for the Kherson Oblast in Ukraine.

The office of governor is an appointed position, with officeholders being appointed by the president of Ukraine, on recommendation from the prime minister of Ukraine, to serve a four-year term.

Due to the current Russo-Ukrainian war, since 24 February 2022, the governor of Kherson Oblast is officially called Head of the Kherson Regional Military Civil Administration. The official residence for the governor is located in Kherson.

Governors

Chairman of Executive Committee of Kherson Oblast

• Pylyp Pasenchenko-Demydenko (1944–1950)
• Tymofiy Barylnyk (1950–1963)
• Mykola Makushenko (1963–1969) ^[a]
• Mykola Kobak (1963–1964) ^[b]
• Dina Protsenko (1969–1978)
• Vasyl Metlyayev (1978–1983)
• Mykhailo Kushnerenko (1983–1987)
• Oleksandr Melnykov (1987–1991)
• Mykhailo Kushnerenko (1991–1992)

Representative of the President

• Oleksandr Melnykov (1992–1994)

Chairman of the Executive Committee

• Vitalii Zholobov (1994–1995)

Heads of the Administration

• Vitalii Zholobov (1995–1996)
• Yurii Karasyk (1996–1997) ^[c]
• Mykhailo Kushnerenko (1997–1998)
• Anatoliy Kasyanenko (1998–1999)
• Oleksandr Verbytsky (1999–2001)
• Yuriy Kravchenko (2001–2002)
• Anatolii Yurchenko (2002–2004)
• Serhii Dovgan (2004)
• Volodymyr Khodakovsky (2004–2005)
• Borys Silenkov (2005–2010)
• Anatoliy Hrytsenko (2010)
• Mykola Kostyak (2010–2014)
• Yuriy Odarchenko (2014)
• Ihor Shepelyev (2014) (acting)
• Andriy Putilov (2014–2016)
• Andrii Gordieiev (2016–2019) ^[2]
• Dmytro Butriy (2019) (acting) ^{[3] [4]}
• Yuriy Husev (2019–2020) ^[5]
• Serhiy Kozyr (2020–2021 ^[d] ) (acting) ^{[9] [7]}
• Hennadiy Lahuta (2021-2022)
• Dmytro Butriy (2022) (acting) ^[10]

Heads of military administration

• Yaroslav Yanushevych (2022–2023) ^{[11] [12]}
• Oleksandr Prokudin (2023–present) ^[13]

Notes

1. For Agriculture January 1963 – December 1964
2. For Industry
3. Acting to August 8, 1996
4. Serhiy Kozyr was the candidate of Servant of the People in the 31 October 2021 early election, called to replace mayor of Kherson Ihor Kolykhaiev, in constituency 184 (located in Kherson Oblast). ^[6] He was dismissed as acting Governor on 27 October 2021. ^[7] Kozyr won the early election with 62.6% of the vote (21,365 votes). ^[8]

References

1. Zelenskyy appoints three chairmen of Oblast Military Administrations, Ukrainska Pravda (7 February 2023)
2. Poroshenko appoints MP Andriy Hordeyev Kherson regional governor, Interfax-Ukraine (28 April 2016)
3. УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ № 142/2019 Про тимчасове виконання обов'язків голови Херсонської обласної державної адміністрації (in Ukrainian)
4. УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ № 375/2019 Про увільнення від тимчасового виконання обов’язків голови Херсонської обласної державної адміністрації (in Ukrainian)
5. Zelensky appoints Husev as Ukroboronprom director general, Ukrinform (3 December 2020)
   (in Ukrainian) Zelensky appointed new head of Ukroboronprom, Ukrayinska Pravda (3 December 2020)
   "President appointed Yurii Husiev to the post of Kherson RSA". president.gov.ua . July 13, 2019. Retrieved July 18, 2019.
6. (in Ukrainian) "Servant of the people" decided on a candidate for by-elections in 184 constituency, Ukrayinska Pravda (20 September 2021)
7. |title=Zelensky replaces head of Kherson Regional State Administration, Ukrinform (27 October 2021)
8. (in Ukrainian) The CEC recognized two "servants" as winners in the by-elections to the Rada, Ukrayinska Pravda (9 November 2021)
9. President appoints acting head of Kherson Regional State Administration, Ukrinform (3 December 2020)
10. "Лагуту звільнили з посади очільника Херсонської ОВА". РБК-Украина (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-07-09.
11. "Zelensky appoints Yaroslav Yanushevych head of Kherson Regional State Administration". interfax. 2022-08-04.
12. "Ukraine officials leave posts after corruption allegations – DW – 01/24/2023". dw.com. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
    "Top Ukraine officials quit in corruption crackdown". BBC News. 2023-01-24. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
13. Zelenskyy appoints three chairmen of Oblast Military Administrations, Ukrainska Pravda (7 February 2023)

Sources

• World Statesmen.org

External links

• Government of Kherson Oblast in Ukrainian