Governor of Sumy Oblast

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Head of military administration of Sumy Oblast
Coat of Arms of Sumy Oblast.svg
Seal of Sumy Oblast
Grigorov Oleg Oleksiiovich.jpg
Incumbent
Oleh Hryhorov [a]
since 17 April 2025
Residence Sumy
Term length Four years
Inaugural holderAnatoliy Yepifanov
1992–1994
Formation1992 as Presidential representative
Website Government of Sumy Oblast

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

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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.ImageNamePartyTermNotes
1. Portrait placeholder.png Anatoliy Yepifanov 1992–1998Presidential representative until 1994
2. Berfman.jpg Mark Berfman 1998–1999
3. Shcherban' Vladimir Petrovich.jpg Volodymyr Shcherban Liberal Party of Ukraine 1999–2002First term
- Portrait placeholder.png Yuriy Zharkov 2002Acting
4. Shcherban' Vladimir Petrovich.jpg Volodymyr Shcherban For United Ukraine! (2002)
Our Ukraine
2002–2005Second term
5. NDU 8 Lavrik Mikola Ivanovich.jpg Mykola Lavryk 2005First term
6. Portrait placeholder.png Nina Harkava 2005-2006
7. Portrait placeholder.png Volodymyr Sapsai 2006
8. Pavlo Kachur.jpg Pavlo Kachur People's Movement of Ukraine 2006-2008
9. NDU 8 Lavrik Mikola Ivanovich.jpg Mykola Lavryk2008-2010Second term, acting until 2009
10. NDU 6 Chmir' Iurii Pavlovich.jpg Yuriy Chmyr Party of Regions 2010-2013
11. Portrait placeholder.png Ihor Yahovdyk 2013-2014
12. NDU 7 Shul'ga Volodimir Petrovich.jpg Volodymyr Shulha 2014
- Portrait placeholder.png Viktor Chernyavskyi 2014Acting
- Portrait placeholder.png Ivan Borshosh 2014Acting
13. Portrait placeholder.png Mykola Klochko 2014-2019
- Portrait placeholder.png Vadym Akperov 2019Acting [2]
- NDU 7 Kupreichik Irina Valeriyivna.jpg Iryna Kupreychyk Batkivshchyna 2019-2020Acting [3]
14. Zhivits'kii D.O..jpg Dmytro Zhyvytskyi 2020First term. [4]
15. Roman Hryschenko 2020 [5] [6]
- Portrait placeholder.png Serhiy Pakholchuk 2020Acting [7]
16. Portrait placeholder.png Vasyl Khoma 2020-2021 [8]
17. Zhivits'kii D.O..jpg Dmytro Zhyvytskyi 2021-2023Second term. [9] [10]
- Taras Savchenko.jpg Taras Savchenko 2023Acting
18. Volodymyr Artiukh.jpg Volodymyr Artyukh 2023-2025Head of military administration
19. Grigorov Oleg Oleksiiovich.jpg Oleh Hryhorov 2025-

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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.

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