List of governors of Arkhangelsk Oblast

Governor of Arkhangelsk Oblast
Coat of arms of Arkhangelsk Oblast
Incumbent Alexander Tsybulsky since 2 April 2020
Term length	5 years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Pavel Balakshin
Formation	1991
Website	dvinaland.ru

The Governor of Arkhangelsk Oblast (Russian: Губернатор Архангельской области) is the head of Arkhangelsk Oblast, the federal subject of Russia. Governor is elected by the people for five years. The current governor is Alexander Tsybulsky.

History of the office

Until 1991, the actual highest official of the region was the First Secretary of the Arkhangelsk Regional Committee of the Communist Party. The executive functions were carried out by the ispolkom (regional executive committee) formed by the regional council. The chairman of ispolkom was the nominal head of the region. In the spring of 1990, after the cancellation of Article 6 of the Soviet Constitution and free elections of local councils, the role of the regional council and ispolkom has significantly increased. In the Arkhangelsk region, the post of chairman of the regional council during this period was held by Pavel Balakshin, while Anatoly Gromoglasov was the first secretary of the CPSU regional committee.

After the August coup of 1991, executive committees of all levels began to be replaced by administrations. On 19 September 1991, Pavel Balakshin was appointed Head of Administration of Arkhangelsk Oblast.

List

No.	Portrait	Governor	Party		Tenure
1		Pavel Balakshin (1936–2024)		Our Home – Russia	19 September 1991 – 21 February 1996
—		Valentin Vlasov (1946–2020)		independent	21 February – 4 March 1996
2		Anatoly Yefremov (1952–2009)			4 March 1996 – 14 April 2004
3		Nikolay Kiselyov (born 1950)			14 April 2004 – 14 April 2008
4		Ilya Mikhalchuk (born 1957)		United Russia	14 April 2008 – 13 January 2012
—		Igor Orlov (born 1964)			13 January – 3 February 2012
5			3 February 2012 – 22 May 2015
—			22 May – 24 September 2015
(5)			24 September 2015 – 2 April 2020
—		Alexander Tsybulsky (born 1979)			2 April 2020 – 8 October 2020
6			from 8 October 2020

Timeline

Elections

2020

The latest election for the office was held on 13 September 2020.

Candidates	Party		Votes	%
Alexander Tsybulsky		United Russia	210,063	69.63%
Irina Chirkova		A Just Russia	51,046	16.92%
Sergey Pivkov		Liberal Democratic Party	20,386	6.76%
Andrey Yesipov		Communist Party of Social Justice	6,412	2.13%
Nikolay Vakorin		Party of Pensioners	5,356	1.78%
Ayman Tyukina		Green Alternative	3,750	1.24%
Source

2015

Candidates	Party		Votes	%
Igor Orlov		United Russia	109,524	53.25
Olga Ositsyna		Liberal Democratic Party	39,519	19.22
Vasily Pavlov		Communist Party	23,834	11.59
Nadezhda Krayeva		A Just Russia	22,454	10.92
Vladimir Kertsev		Communists of Russia	5,830	2.83