Governor of Nenets Autonomous Okrug

Governor of Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Coat of arms of NAO
Incumbent Yury Bezdudny since 13 September 2020
Residence	Naryan-Mar
Term length	5 years
Formation	1991
First holder	Yury Komarovsky
Website	adm-nao.ru

The governor of Nenets Autonomous Okrug (Template:Lang-ru) is the head of the executive branch of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, a federal subject of Russia located in the north-west of the country's European part. The Governor is elected by the Assembly of Deputies of Nenets Autonomous Okrug for a term of five years.

History of office

On 30 November 1991, the first deputy Chairman of Naryan-Mar Executive Committee Yury Komarovsky was appointed Head of Administration of Nenets Autonomous Okrug by the decree of the President of Russia Boris Yeltsin. In February 1996, Komarovsky was removed from his post by a decree of the President of Russia. The resignation was caused by a conflict with the Assembly of Deputies, which accused Komarovsky of misappropriating budget funds.

Member of the Assembly Vladimir Khabarov was appointed new head of administration. In December 1996 he lost the election to entrepreneur Vladimir Butov. Butov was re-elected in 2001. Four years later Alexey Barinov was elected 4th head of administration of NAO. These were the last gubernatorial elections in Russia until October 2012 due to major legislation change imposed by president Vladimir Putin in late 2004.

In September 2014 Nenets AO hold its fourth gubernatorial elections. Igor Koshin, who came second in 2005 race, was elected new governor of the Okrug. Five months later the Assembly of Deputies decided to returh back to 2005–2012 scheme, in which instead of direct elections, the governor is endowed with powers by the Assembly. Deputies choose from three candidates proposed by the President of Russia. But now the governor of Arkhangelsk Oblast also takes participation in the formation of the list of candidates for governor of NAO. As speaker Anatoly Myandin said, "the abolition of direct elections for the governor and the transition to a new system will strengthen relations between the two regions."

List of office-holders

Governor				Party	Tenure	Comments
Heads of Administration of Nenets Autonomous Okrug
1			Yury Komarovsky (b. 1952)	independent	30 November 1991 — 22 February 1996	Appointed and dismissed by president Boris Yeltsin
2			Vladimir Khabarov (1951–2010)		21 March — 25 December 1996	Appointed by president Boris Yeltsin. Lost election
3			Vladimir Butov (b. 1958)		25 December 1996 — 17 February 2005	Elected in 1996, re-elected in 2001
4			Alexey Barinov (b. 1951)		17 February 2005 — 21 July 2006	Elected by popular vote. Removed from office by the president Vladimir Putin due to loss of confidence
5			Valery Potapenko (b. 1958)		7 August 2006 — 16 February 2009	Appointed by president Vladimir Putin, approved by the Assembly of Deputies. Resigned from office
Governors of Nenets Autonomous Okrug
6			Igor Fyodorov (b. 1964)	United Russia	24 February 2009 — 22 February 2014	Appointed by president Dmitry Medvedev, approved by the Assembly of Deputies
7			Igor Koshin (b. 1974)		20 September 2014 — 28 September 2017	Acting governor from 22 February 2014. Elected by popular vote. Resigned from office
8			Alexander Tsybulsky (b. 1979)		1 October 2018 — 2 April 2020	Acting governor from 28 September 2017. Elected by the Assembly of Deputies. Resigned from office
9			Yury Bezdudny (b. 1969)	independent	from 13 September 2020	Acting governor from 2 April 2020. Elected by the Assembly of Deputies

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