Governor of Odessa Oblast

Governor of Odessa Oblast
Seal of Odessa Oblast
Incumbent Mikheil Saakashvili[1] since 30 May 2015
Residence	Odessa
Term length	Four years
Inaugural holder	Yakiv Pakhomov 1932
Formation	1932 as Chairman of Executive Committee of Odessa Oblast
Website	Government of Odessa Oblast

The Governor of Odessa Oblast is the head of executive branch for the Odessa 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 Odessa. The current Governor is Mikheil Saakashvili, who assumed office on 30 May 2015.^[1]

Governors

Chairman of Executive Committee of Odessa Oblast

• Yakiv Pakhomov (1932–1933)
• Fedir Golub (1933–1935)
• Petro Boyko (1935–1937)
• Mykola Volkov (1937) (acting)
• Pylyp Shevtsov (1937) (acting)
• Grygoriy Galchenko (1937–1938)
• Nykyfor Kalchenko (1938–1941)
• Romanian occupation (part of the Transnistria Governorate, 1941–1944)
• Yosyp Gorlov (1944–1946)
• Kostyantyn Karavayev (1946–1953)
• Mykola Gureyev (1953–1954)
• Oleksandr Fedoseyev (1954–1958)
• Mykhailo Khorunzhy (1958–1969)^{[lower-alpha 1]}
• Kostyantyn Kovalenko (1963–1964)^{[lower-alpha 2]}
• Andriy Dudnyk (1969–1971)
• Viktor Pokhodin (1971–1985)
• Andriy Pecherov (1985–1990)
• Anatoliy Butenko (1990–1991)
• Rouslan Bodelan (1991–1992)

Representatives of the President

• Valentyn Symonenko (1992)
• Vladlen Ilyin (1992–1994)

Chairman of the Executive Committee

• Rouslan Bodelan (1994–1995)

Heads of the Administration

• Rouslan Bodelan (1995–1998)
• Serhii Grynevetsky (1998–2005)
• Vasyl Tsushko (2005–2006)
• Borys Zvyagintsev (2006) (acting)
• Ivan Plachkov (2006–2007)
• Mykola Serdyuk (2007–2010)^{[lower-alpha 3]}
• Eduard Matviychuk (2010–2013)
• Mykola Skoryk (2013–2014)
• Volodymyr Nemyrovsky (2014)
• Ihor Palytsia (2014–2015)
• Mikheil Saakashvili (since 30 May 2015)

Notes

1. For Agriculture January 1963 – December 1964
2. For Industry
3. Acting to December 6, 2007

References

1. Порошенко у суботу на Одещині представить Саакашвілі

External links

• World Statesmen.org
• Government of Odessa Oblast in Ukrainian