Governor of Sumy Oblast

Head of military administration of Sumy Oblast
Seal of Sumy Oblast
Incumbent Oleh Hryhorov [a] since 17 April 2025
Residence	Sumy
Term length	Four years
Inaugural holder	Anatoliy Yepifanov 1992–1994
Formation	1992 as Presidential representative
Website	Government of Sumy Oblast

The governor of Sumy Oblast is the head of executive branch for the Sumy Oblast.

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 four-year term.

The official residence for the governor is located in Sumy. ^[1]

Governors

No.	Image	Name	Party	Term	Notes
1.		Anatoliy Yepifanov		1992–1998	Presidential representative until 1994
2.		Mark Berfman		1998–1999
3.		Volodymyr Shcherban	Liberal Party of Ukraine	1999–2002	First term
-		Yuriy Zharkov		2002	Acting
4.		Volodymyr Shcherban	For United Ukraine! (2002) Our Ukraine	2002–2005	Second term
5.		Mykola Lavryk		2005	First term
6.		Nina Harkava		2005-2006
7.		Volodymyr Sapsai		2006
8.		Pavlo Kachur	People's Movement of Ukraine	2006-2008
9.		Mykola Lavryk		2008-2010	Second term, acting until 2009
10.		Yuriy Chmyr	Party of Regions	2010-2013
11.		Ihor Yahovdyk		2013-2014
12.		Volodymyr Shulha		2014
-		Viktor Chernyavskyi		2014	Acting
-		Ivan Borshosh		2014	Acting
13.		Mykola Klochko		2014-2019
-		Vadym Akperov		2019	Acting [2]
-		Iryna Kupreychyk	Batkivshchyna	2019-2020	Acting [3]
14.		Dmytro Zhyvytskyi		2020	First term. [4]
15.		Roman Hryschenko		2020	[5] [6]
-		Serhiy Pakholchuk		2020	Acting [7]
16.		Vasyl Khoma		2020-2021	[8]
17.		Dmytro Zhyvytskyi		2021-2023	Second term. [9] [10]
-		Taras Savchenko		2023	Acting
18.		Volodymyr Artyukh		2023-2025	Head of military administration
19.		Oleh Hryhorov		2025-

Notes

1. Ukrainian: Олег Григоров

References

1. Про утворення військових адміністрацій: Указ Президента України від 24.02.2022 № 68/2022
2. "Zelensky appoints acting heads of 12 regional state administrations". Interfax-Ukraine . June 11, 2019. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
3. "Decree of the President of Ukraine № 73/2020". Office of the President of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved March 12, 2020.
4. "Кабмін вирішив відправити одного зі своїх урядовців керувати Сумщиною". Українська правда (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-01-25.
5. "Decree of the President of Ukraine № 74/2020". Office of the President of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved March 12, 2020.
6. (in Ukrainian) Zelensky fired three heads of regional state administrations, Ukrayinska Pravda (5 November 2020)
7. Zelensky appoints temporary heads of three regional state administrations, Ukrinform (10 November 2020)
8. (in Ukrainian) Zelensky appointed a new head of Sumy region, Ukrayinska Pravda (23 November 2020)
9. (in Ukrainian) Zelensky appointed the head of the Sumy Regional State Administration, Ukrayinska Pravda (25 June 2021)
10. "Ukraine officials leave posts after corruption allegations – DW – 01/24/2023". dw.com. Retrieved 2023-01-24.

Sources

• World Statesmen.org

External links

• Government of Sumy Oblast in Ukrainian