The Governor of

Chernihiv Oblast Chernihiv Oblast ( uk, Черні́гівська о́бласть, translit=Chernihivska oblast; also referred to as Chernihivshchyna, uk, Черні́гівщина, translit=Chernihivshchyna) is an oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. T ...

is the head of executive branch for the

. The office of

Governor A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

is an appointed position, with officeholders being appointed by the

President of Ukraine The president of Ukraine ( uk, Президент України, Prezydent Ukrainy) is the head of state of Ukraine. The president represents the nation in international relations, administers the foreign political activity of the state, condu ...

, on recommendation from the

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. The official residence for the Governor is located in

Chernihiv Chernihiv ( uk, Черні́гів, , russian: Черни́гов, ; pl, Czernihów, ; la, Czernihovia), is a city and municipality in northern Ukraine, which serves as the administrative center of Chernihiv Oblast and Chernihiv Raion within ...

. The current Governor is Viacheslav Chaus, who was appointed on 4 August 2021 by President

Volodymyr Zelenskyy Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy, ; russian: Владимир Александрович Зеленский, Vladimir Aleksandrovich Zelenskyy, (born 25 January 1978; also transliterated as Zelensky or Zelenskiy) is a Ukrainian politicia ...

Governors

Representative of the President

* 1992 – 1994 Valentyn Melnychuk

Chairman of the Executive Committee

* 1994 – 1995 Petro Shapoval

Heads of the Administration

* 1995 – 1998 Petro Shapoval * 1998 – 1999 Mykhailo Kaskevych * 1999 – 2002 Mykola Butko * 2002 – 2002 Hryhoriy Panchenko (acting) * 2002 – 2005 Valentyn Melnychuk * 2005 – 2005

Vladyslav Atroshenko Vladyslav Atroshenko ( uk, Владислав Анатолійович Атрошенко; b. 5 December 1968, Chernihiv) is a Ukrainian politician and mayor of Chernihiv. In the 2015 Ukrainian local elections he was elected for the Petro Poroshe ...

* 2005 – 2007

Mykola Lavryk Mykola ( uk, Мико́ла, Mykóla, ) is a Slavic variant, more specifically a Ukrainian variant, of the masculine name "Nicholas", meaning "victory of the people". It may refer to: People *Mykola Arkas (1853–1909), Ukrainian composer, writ ...

* 2007 – 2014

Volodymyr Khomenko Volodymyr Petrovych Khomenko ( uk, Володимир Петрович Хоменко) (born 26 July 1954, in Cheremoshne, Pohrebyshche Raion, Ukraine), is a Ukrainian politician. In 2007 he served as a Presidential representative of Ukraine in C ...

(acting since 12 October 2007) * 2014 – 2014 Volodymyr Ivashko * 2014 – 2015 Serhiy Zhurman * 2015 – 2018

Valeriy Kulich The French name Valery () is a male given name or surname of Germanic origin ''Walaric'' (see Walric of Leuconay), that has often been confused in modern times with the Latin name '' Valerius''—that explains the variant spelling Valéry (). The ...

* 2018 - 2018

Yulia Svyrydenko Yulia Anatoliivna Svyrydenko ( uk, Юлія Анатоліївна Свириденко; born 25 December 1985) is a Ukrainian politician currently serving as First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine and simultaneously Minister of Economic Developm ...

(acting) * 2018 – 2019

Oleksandr Mysnyk Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...

President introduced new Head of the Chernihiv Regional State Administration Oleksandr Mysnyk to the region's leadership

Presidential Administration of Ukraine The Office of the President of Ukraine ('' uk, Офіс Президента України'') (formerly ''Administration of the President of Ukraine'', uk, Адміністрація Президента) is a standing advisory body set up by ...

(28 November 2018) * 2019 – 2019 Nataliia Romanova (acting) * 2019 – 2020

Andrii Prokopenko Andrii Leonidovych Prokopenko ( uk, Андрій Леонідович Прокопенко; born 10 January 1982) is a Ukrainian entrepreneur and politician. Prokopenko is a former Governor of Chernihiv Oblast. Biography In 2003, he graduated f ...

The head of the Chernihiv Regional State Administration resigned

Ukrayinska Pravda ''Ukrainska Pravda'' ( uk, Українська правда, lit=Ukrainian Truth) is a Ukrainian online newspaper founded by Georgiy Gongadze on 16 April 2000 (the day of the Ukrainian constitutional referendum). Published mainly in Ukraini ...

(12 September 2020) * 2020 – 2021

Anna Kovalenko Anna Mykolayivna Kovalenko ( uk, Анна Миколаївна Коваленко; born 5 May 1991) is a Ukrainian political figure, activist, and journalist. Kovalenko was the Governor of Chernihiv Oblast from 13 October 2020 until 4 August 2 ...

Zelensky introduced the new head of the Chernihiv Regional State Administration

(15 October 2020) * 2021 – incumbent

Vyacheslav Chaus Vyacheslav Anatoliyovych Chaus ( uk, В'ячеслав Анатолійович Чаус; born on 28 August 1977), is a Ukrainian politician who is currently the governor of Chernihiv Oblast since 4 August 2021. Biography Vyacheslav Chaus was b ...

Zelensky appoints head of Chernihiv Regional State Administration

Ukrinform The National News Agency of Ukraine ( uk, Українське національне інформаційне агентство), or Ukrinform ( uk, Укрінформ), is a state information and news agency, and international broadcaster of ...

(4 August 2021)

References

External links

Government of Chernihiv Oblast
in Ukrainian

at the World Statesmen.org {{Chairmen of regional state administrations of Ukraine