Governor of Oryol Oblast
Coat of arms of Oryol Oblast
Incumbent Andrey Klychkov since 14 September 2018
Status	Head of Federal Subject
Seat	Oryol
Appointer	Elected by people
Term length	Five years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Nikolay Yudin
Formation	1991

The Governor of Oryol Oblast (Russian: Губернатор Орловской области) is the highest official of Oryol Oblast. They head the highest executive body of state power in the region - the Administration of Oryol Oblast.

History

Initially, Oryol Oblast was headed by the head of the regional administration. Since 1993, this was Yegor Stroyev. On 26 February 1996, the post of the head of the administration was changed to the governor's one, with Yegor Stroyev becoming the first governor of the region.

On 16 February 2009, Yegor Stroyev voluntarily left the post of governor. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev accepted his resignation and appointed the interim governor Aleksandr Kozlov (a member of the United Russia party). On the same day, President Medvedev submitted to the Oryol Oblast Council of People's Deputies the candidacy of Kozlov to give him the powers of governor. On 27 February at a meeting of the Oryol Regional Council of People's Deputies, the issue of vesting Alexander Kozlov with the powers of the governor was considered. According to the results of the vote, Kozlov was unanimously approved as the governor of Oryol Oblast. At the end of the meeting, the inauguration ceremony took place. After the end of his term of office, Vadim Potomsky was appointed acting governor for the period before the elections.

On 4 October 2017, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree terminating the powers of the Governor of Oryol Oblast, Vadim Potomsky. He appointed the deputy of the Moscow City Duma Andrey Klychkov as the acting governor of the region.^[1]

On 14 September 2018, Andrey Klychkov won the elections for the head of the region, with 83.55 percent of the vote.^[2]

Governors of Oryol Oblast

Governor				Took office	Left office	Election	Party
Heads of Administration of Oryol Oblast
1			Nikolay Yudin (1938–2014)	5 December 1991	13 April 1993	None	Independent
2			Yegor Stroyev (1937–)	13 April 1993[3]	26 February 1996	1993	Independent
Governors of Oryol Oblast
(2)			Yegor Stroyev (1937–)	26 February 1996	16 February 2009	1997 2001	Independent United Russia
3			Aleksandr Kozlov (1949–2021)	27 February 2009	26 February 2014	None	United Russia
4			Vadim Potomsky (1972–)	26 February 2014 (as Acting Governor) 23 September 2014	5 October 2017	2014	Communist Party
5			Andrey Klychkov (1979–)	5 October 2017 (as Acting Governor) 14 September 2018	Present	2018