Governor of Sevastopol (Russia)

The Governor of Sevastopol (Russian: Губернатор Севастополя; Ukrainian: Губернатор Севастополя) is head of the executive branch of the political system in the city of Sevastopol. The governor's office administers all city services, public property, police and fire protection, most public agencies, and enforces all city and state laws within Sevastopol.

Governor of Sevastopol
Flag of the City of Sevastopol
since 2 October 2020
Residence2 Lenin's Street, Sevastopol
AppointerElected by deputies of Legislative Assembly of Sevastopol (before 2017)
Elected by the citizens of Sevastopol (after 2017)
Term length5 years
Inaugural holderSergey Menyaylo
FormationFebruary 7, 1872
WebsiteCity State Administration

The governor's office is located on Lenin Street. It has jurisdiction over all districts of Sevastopol. The governor appoints many officials, including Directors who head city departments and deputy governors.

Prior to the annexation of Sevastopol by Russia in 2014, the city administrator was called the Chairman of Sevastopol City State Administration, and was often[when?] referred to as the Mayor of Sevastopol.[citation needed] During this period in which Sevastopol functioned as a city with special status within Ukraine, the city administrator was appointed by the President of Ukraine.[1] Since the Russian annexation in 2014, the status of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol is under dispute between Russia and Ukraine; Ukraine and the majority of the international community considers the Crimea and Sevastopol an integral part of Ukraine, while Russia, on the other hand, considers the Crimea and Sevastopol an integral part of Russia, with Sevastopol functioning as a federal city within the Southern Federal District.[2][3][4]

List of governors since 2014

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No. Governor Party Tenure Comments
  Aleksei Chaly
(born 1961)
Independent 18 March 2014 1 April 2014 Chairman of the Coordination Council for the Life Support under Sevastopol City Administration
1 April 2014 14 April 2014 Acting governor
1   Sergey Menyaylo
(born 1960)
14 April 2014 9 October 2014
9 October 2014 28 July 2016 Elected by the Legislative Assembly of Sevastopol. Resigned from office
2   Dmitry Ovsyannikov
(born 1977)
United Russia 28 July 2016 18 September 2017 Acting governor[5]
18 September 2017 11 July 2019 Elected by popular vote. Resigned from office
3   Mikhail Razvozhayev
(born 1980)
11 July 2019 2 October 2020 Acting governor[6]
2 October 2020 incumbent Elected by popular vote

Heads of the city in previous eras

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Russian Empire (–1917)

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War/Military governors

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Gradonachalnik (Chiefs of the City Municipality)

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Revolution and Civil War (1917–1920)

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  • March–July 1917: Sergey Nikonov (as city's commissar under the Provisional Government, S-R)
  • August 1917 – February 1918: Sergey Nikonov (as mayor)
  • December 1917 – April 1918: Yuriy Gaven (as head of military revkom, Bolshevik)
  • May–June 1918: Sergey Nikonov (as mayor)
  • September 1919 – February 1920: Vladimir Subbotin (under the Whites)
  • April–May 1920: Vladimir Sidorin (under the Whites)
  • from November 1920: Aleksei Baranov (as Red Army commandant)

Soviet Russia (1920–1954)

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First Secretaries of the City Committee of the Communist Party

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  • 1920–1922: unknown
  • 1922–1924: Ivan Nosov
  • 1924–1930s: unknown
  • ?–1937: Alexander Levitin
  • 1937–1938: Kiselyov
  • 1938–1940: unknown
  • 1940–1942: Boris Borisov
  • 1944–1954: unknown

Chairmen of the City Executive Committee

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Burgermeister (under Nazi occupation)

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  • July–August 1942: Nikolay Madatov[7]
  • 1942–1943: P. Supryagin

Soviet and independent Ukrainian period (1954–2014)

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Contemporary Ukraine: Dynamics of Post-Soviet Transformation by Taras Kuzio, M.E. Sharpe, 1998, ISBN 978-0-7656-0224-4 (page 44)
  2. ^ Gutterman, Steve. "Putin signs Crimea treaty, will not seize other Ukraine regions". Reuters.com. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  3. ^ Ukraine crisis timeline, BBC News
  4. ^ UN General Assembly adopts resolution affirming Ukraine's territorial integrity Archived 2018-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, China Central Television (28 March 2014)
  5. ^ Крымский федеральный округ включен в состав Южного федерального округа (in Russian). Interfax. 28 July 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  6. ^ Встреча с Михаилом Развожаевым
  7. ^ Political Crimea
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