List of female governors in Russia


This is a list of women who served as heads of Federal subjects of Russia.

History

The first female Governor in Russia was Valentina Bronevich who was Governor of Koryak Okrug from 1996 to 2000.
There are currently from 85 governors there only one female governor, this is Natalya Komarova of Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug.

List


NameImagePartyFederal subjectMandate startMandate endTerm lengthDepartureRef
Valentina BronevichIndependentKoryak Okrug17 November 19963 December 2000Lost reelection
Valentina MatviyenkoUnited RussiaSaint Petersburg15 October 200322 August 2011Resigned to become Senator
from Saint Petersburg
Maria Bolshakova
IndependentUlyanovsk Oblast22 November 20046 January 2005Resigned after the inauguration of Sergey Morozov
Natalya KomarovaUnited RussiaKhanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug1 March 2010IncumbentServing
Marina KovtunUnited RussiaMurmansk Oblast13 April 201221 March 2019Resigned from office
Svetlana OrlovaUnited RussiaVladimir Oblast23 September 20138 October 2018Lost reelection
Natalia ZhdanovaUnited RussiaZabaykalsky Krai18 February 201611 October 2018Resigned from office
Vera Scherbina
IndependentSakhalin Oblast26 September 20187 December 2018Replaced by Valery Limarenko as Acting Governor
Olga Antipina
IndependentPerm Krai21 January 20206 February 2020Replaced by Dmitry Makhonin as Acting Governor

Timeline of female Governors


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