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Governor of Penza Oblast

Highest-ranking official in Penza Oblast, Russia

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Governor of Penza Oblast
Coat of arms of Penza Oblast
Incumbent Oleg Melnichenko since 28 September 2021
First holder	Alexander Kondratyev

Governor of Penza Oblast (Russian: Губернатор Пензенской области) is the head of the executive branch of the government of Penza Oblast, a federal subject (anoblast) of Russia.

The procedure for the election and inauguration of the governor of Penza is determined by the federal law,^[1] the Charter of the Penza Region and the law on the election of a governor.

For the first time, the elections of the governor (head of administration) of the Penza region were held in April 1993, then were held in April 1998, and in April 2002. In December 2004, direct election of governors was abolished, instead governors were appointed by the president through the regional parliament. Thus, in May 2005 and April 2010, the Governor of the Penza Region was elected by the President of Russia and approved in the position by the Legislative Assembly. In 2012, direct elections of the heads of regions were returned, but with the condition that candidates pass through the municipal filter. According to these rules, the elections of the governor of the Penza region were held in September 2015 and September 2020.

No.	Image	Governor	Tenure	Party		Election
1		Aleksandr Kondratyev (1947–2017)	24 October 1991 – 12 April 1993		Independent
2		Anatoly Kovlyagin (1938–2009)	April 12, 1993 – April 18, 1998			1993
3		Vasily Bochkaryov (1949–2016)	18 April 1998 – 25 May 2015			1998 2002[2] 2005 2010
					United Russia
—		Ivan Belozertsev (born 1958)	25 May 2015 – 13 September 2015			2015 2020
4			13 September 2015 – 23 March 2021[3]
—		Nikolay Simonov (born 1956)	23 March 2021 – 26 March 2021
—		Oleg Melnichenko (born 1973)	26 March 2021 — 28 September 2021			2021
5			since 28 September 2021