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Governor of the City of Saint Petersburg
Губернатор Санкт-Петербурга (Russian)
Flag of the City of Saint Peterburg
Incumbent Alexander Beglov since 18 September 2019
Style	His Excellency Mr. Governor
Type	Governor
Residence	Smolny Institute, Saint Petersburg
Seat	Smolny Institute
Nominator	President of Russia
Appointer	Popular vote
Term length	5 years
Constituting instrument	Charter of Saint Petersburg
Precursor	Chairpersons of the Executive Committee
Formation	5 June 1996
First holder	Vladimir Yakovlev
Deputy	Deputy Governor
Salary	9.7 million rubles ($146,290)

The Governor of Saint Petersburg (Russian: Губернатор Санкт-Петербурга, romanized: Gubernator Sankt-Peterburga) is the head of the executive branch of Saint Petersburg City Administration. 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 all districts of the City of Saint Petersburg. The governor's office is located in Smolny Institute and appoints many officials, including deputy governors and directors (heads of city departments).

Under the Soviet regime, until 1991 the head of the city administration was called chairperson of the executive committee. Between 1991 and 1996, the head of the administration was called Mayor after which they were called Governor. Between 1991 and 2006 the mayor/governor was elected by direct vote of city residents. Between 2004 and 2014, the governor was nominated by the President of the Russian Federation and approved (or disapproved) by the City Legislative Assembly, and since 2014 the governor has been elected by popular vote of city residents.

List of heads of administration of Saint Petersburg

Chairpersons of the Executive Committee (1917–1991)

No.	Portrait	Name (birth–death)	Term of office			Political party	Ref.
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Leon Trotsky (1879–1940)	25 October 1917	11 December 1917	47 days	Communist Party
2		Grigory Zinoviev (1883–1936)	13 December 1917	12 July 1926	8 years, 211 days
3		Nikolay Komarov (1886–1937)	12 July 1926	7 January 1930	3 years, 179 days
4		Ivan Kodatsky (1893–1937)	April 1930	January 1937	6 years, 9 months
5		Vasily Shestakov (1891–1956)	January 1937	March 1937	2 months
6		Aleksey Petrovsky (1889–1939)	September 1937	October 1938	1 year, 1 month
7		Alexei Kosygin (1904–1980)	October 1938	6 January 1939	3 months
8		Pyotr Popkov (1903–1950)	6 January 1939	9 March 1946	7 years, 62 days
9		Pyotr Lazutin (1905–1950)	11 March 1946	22 February 1949	2 years, 348 days
10		Pyotr Ladanov (1904–1989)	2 March 1949	June 1954	5 years, 3 months
11		Nikolay Smirnov (1906–1962)	June 1954	17 June 1962	8 years
12		Vasily Isayev (1917–2008)	June 1962	August 1966	4 years, 2 months
13		Aleksandr Sizov (1913–1972)	August 1966	December 1972	6 years, 4 months
14		Vasily Kazakov (1927–2008)	January 1973	June 1976	3 years, 5 months
15		Lev Zaykov (1923–2002)	June 1976	26 April 1983	6 years, 10 months
16		Vladimir Khodyrev (1930–2024)	26 April 1983	23 May 1990	7 years, 27 days
17		Aleksandr Schelkanov (born 1939)	23 May 1990	12 June 1991	1 year, 20 days

Governors of Saint Petersburg (1991–present)

No.	Portrait	Name (birth–death)	Term of office			Political party	Ref.
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
		Anatoly Sobchak (1937–2000) Mayor of Saint Petersburg	12 June 1991	5 June 1996	4 years, 359 days	Independent
1		Vladimir Yakovlev (born 1944)	5 June 1996	15 June 2003	7 years, 10 days
—		Alexander Beglov (born 1956) Acting	16 June 2003	5 October 2003	111 days
2		Valentina Matviyenko (born 1949)	5 October 2003	31 August 2011	7 years, 330 days	United Russia
3		Georgy Poltavchenko (born 1953)	31 August 2011	3 October 2018	7 years, 33 days
—		Alexander Beglov (born 1956)	3 October 2018	18 September 2019	350 days
4			18 September 2019	Incumbent	5 years, 108 days

Timeline

Latest election

See also

• Mayor of Moscow
• Governor of Sevastopol (Russia)
• Saint Petersburg City Administration
• Saint Petersburg Police

References

1. Text of Russian Federal Law of 2004 (in Russian)
2. "Выборы высшего должностного лица Санкт-Петербурга - Губернатора Санкт-Петербурга". st-petersburg.vybory.izbirkom.ru. Retrieved 9 September 2024.

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v t e Governors of Saint Petersburg
Governors General of Saint Petersburg Governorate (1703–1873)	Menshikov Apraksin Sapieha von Münnich Golitsyn Bruce Arkharov von Buxhoeveden von der Pahlen M. Golenishchev-Kutuzov Kamensky Tolstoy Vyazmitinov Lobanov-Rostovsky Balashov Miloradovich P. Golenishchev-Kutuzov Essen Kavelin Khrapovitsky Shulgin Ignatyev Suvorov Levashov
Gradonachalniks of Saint Petersburg (1873–1914) and Petrograd (1914–1917)	F. Trepov Zurov Romeyko-Gurko Loris-Melikov Baranov Gresser von Wahl Kleigels Fullon D. Trepov Dedyulin von der Launitz Drachevsky Balk
Heads of Petrograd under Provisional Government (1917)	Yurevich Rogovsky Schreider Kishkin
Chairs of Petrograd (1917-1924) and Leningrad (1924-1991) Executive Committee	Trotsky Zinoviev Kirov Zhdanov Kuznetsov Popkov Andrianov Kozlov Alexeyev Ignatov Zamchevsky Spiridonov Rodionov Popov Aristov Solovyov Dumachyov Gerasimov Gidaspov Shelkanov
Governors of Saint Petersburg (since 1991)	Sobchak Yakovlev Beglov Matviyenko Poltavchenko Beglov
Italics indicate acting officeholders The office was called Mayor of Saint Petersburg

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