The Governor of

Kaliningrad Oblast Kaliningrad Oblast (russian: Калинингра́дская о́бласть, translit=Kaliningradskaya oblast') is the westernmost federal subject of Russia. It is a semi-exclave situated on the Baltic Sea. The largest city and administr ...

(Губернатор Калининградской области) is the head of executive branch for the

(former

Königsberg Königsberg (, ) was the historic Prussian city that is now Kaliningrad, Russia. Königsberg was founded in 1255 on the site of the ancient Old Prussian settlement ''Twangste'' by the Teutonic Knights during the Northern Crusades, and was named ...

East Prussia East Prussia ; german: Ostpreißen, label=Low Prussian; pl, Prusy Wschodnie; lt, Rytų Prūsija was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1773 to 1829 and again from 1878 (with the Kingdom itself being part of the German Empire from 187 ...

), considered as Prime Minister of Kaliningrad Oblast. 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 elected position, for which elected officials serve four year terms. While individual politicians may serve as many terms as they can be elected to, Governors cannot be elected to more than two consecutive terms. The official residence for the Governor is located in

Kaliningrad Kaliningrad ( ; rus, Калининград, p=kəlʲɪnʲɪnˈɡrat, links=y), until 1946 known as Königsberg (; rus, Кёнигсберг, Kyonigsberg, ˈkʲɵnʲɪɡzbɛrk; rus, Короле́вец, Korolevets), is the largest city and ...

. The current Governor is

Anton Alikhanov Anton Andreyevich Alikhanov (russian: Антон Андреевич Алиханов; born 17 September 1986) is a Russian politician, candidate of economic sciences, and a lawyer. He has served as the governor of Kaliningrad Oblast since 29 Sept ...

, who assumed office on 6 October 2016.

Chairmen of the Kaliningrad Oblast Executive Committee (1947–91)

Since the creation of Kaliningrad Oblast in 1946 and until the spring of 1990, the Kaliningrad Regional Committee of the

Communist Party A communist party is a political party that seeks to realize the socio-economic goals of communism. The term ''communist party'' was popularized by the title of ''The Manifesto of the Communist Party'' (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. A ...

had the leading role in its government. The committee was led by: # Vasily Borisov (May 1947 – April 1948) # Alexey Yegorov (April 1948 – December 1951) # Zakhar Slaykovsky (December 1951 – May 1962) # Yakov Prushinsky (May 1962 – March 1966) # Vladimir Vitkovsky (May 1966 – May 1983) # Vasily Loginov (June 1983 – April 1987) # Yuri Malinkin (April 1987 – September 1991)

List of governors

Timeline

Elections

The latest election for the office was held on 10 September 2017

External links

Government of Kaliningrad Oblast
in Russian {{Governors of federal subjects of Russia Politics of Kaliningrad Oblast