The Governor of

Sumy Oblast Sumy Oblast ( uk, Сумська́ о́бласть, translit=Sumska oblast; also referred to as Sumshchyna – uk, Су́мщина) is an oblast (province) in the northeastern part of Ukraine. Population: The oblast was created in its most r ...

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

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, on recommendation from the

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, to serve four-year term. The official residence for the Governor is located in

Sumy Sumy ( uk, Суми ) is a city of regional significance in Ukraine, and the capital of Sumy Oblast. The city is situated on the banks of the Psel River in northeastern Ukraine with a population of according to the 2021 census, making it the 2 ...

. 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 ...

appointed

Dmytro Zhyvytskyi Dmytro Oleksiyovych Zhyvytskyi ( uk, Дмитро Олексійович Живицький; born on 17 September 1982), is a Ukrainian politician, entrepreneur, public figure, and civil servant who has been the Governor of Sumy Oblast since ...

as Governor on 25 June 2021.

Governors

* Anatoliy Yepifanov (1992–1994, as the Presidential representative) * Anatoliy Yepifanov (1995–1998, as the Governor) * Mark Berfman (1998–1999) *

Volodymyr Shcherban Volodymyr Petrovych Shcherban ( uk, Володимир Петрович Щербань; born 26 January 1950) is a Ukrainian politician and governor of a number of regions in Ukraine. He is sometimes confused with another murdered Ukrainian politi ...

(1999–2002) * Yuriy Zharkov (2002, acting) *

(2002–2005) * Mykola Lavryk (2005) * Nina Harkava (2005–2006) * Volodymyr Sapsai (2006) * Pavlo Kachur (2006–2008) * Mykola Lavryk (2008–2010, acting to 2009) * Yuriy Chmyr (2010–2013) *

Ihor Yahovdyk Igor ( be, Ігар, Ihar ; russian: Игорь, Igor' ; sr-Cyrl, Игор ; uk, Ігор, Ihor ; ) is a common East Slavic given name derived from the Norse name Ingvar, that was brought to ancient Rus' by the Norse Varangians, in the form ...

(2013–2014) * Volodymyr Shulha (2014) * Viktor Chernyavskyi (2014, acting) * Ivan Borshosh (2014, acting) *

Mykola Klochko 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, wr ...

(2014–2019) *

Vadym Akperov Vadym ( uk, Вадим) is a Ukrainian given name. Notable people with the name include: * Vadym Antipov (born 1988), Ukrainian football striker * Vadym Bolokhan (born 1986), professional Moldovan football defender * Vadym Deonas (born 1975), profe ...

(2019, acting) *

Iryna Kupreychyk Iryna Valeriyivna Kupreychyk ( uk, Ірина Валеріївна Купрейчик; born 12 June 1971), is a Ukrainian politician. She served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine in the 7th convocation and was the acting Governor of Sumy Oblast f ...

(2019–2020, acting) *

Roman Hryschenko Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...

(2020)Zelensky fired three heads of regional state administrations

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(5 November 2020) *

Serhiy Pakholchuk Sergius is a male given name of Ancient Roman origin after the name of the Latin ''gens'' Sergia or Sergii of regal and republican ages. It is a common Christian name, in honor of Saint Sergius, or in Russia, of Saint Sergius of Radonezh, and ...

(2020, acting)Zelensky appoints temporary heads of three regional state administrations

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(10 November 2020) *

Vasyl Khoma The name Basil (''royal, kingly'') comes from the male Greek name Vassilios (, female version ), which first appeared during the Hellenistic period. It is derived from "basileus" ( el, βασιλεύς, links=no), of greek origin, meaning "king", ...

(2020–2021)Zelensky appointed a new head of Sumy region

(23 November 2020) *

(2021-incumbent)Zelensky appointed the head of the Sumy Regional State Administration

(25 June 2021)

Notes

References

Sources

World Statesmen.org

External links

Government of Sumy Oblast
in Ukrainian {{Chairmen of regional state administrations of Ukraine Governors of Sumy Oblast,