Governor of Chernihiv Oblast

Chief executive of Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine

Governor of Chernihiv Oblast

Incumbent Vyacheslav Chaus since 4 August 2021
Residence	Chernihiv
Inaugural holder	Valentyn Melnychuk
Formation	March 23, 1992 as Presidential representative of Ukraine
Website	Government of Chernihiv Oblast

The governor of Chernihiv Oblast is the head of executive branch for the Chernihiv Oblast.

The office of governor is an appointed position, with officeholders being appointed by the president of Ukraine, on recommendation from the prime minister of Ukraine.

The official residence for the governor is located in Chernihiv. The current governor is Viacheslav Chaus, who was appointed on 4 August 2021 by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.^[1]

Governors

Representative of the President

1992–1994: Valentyn Melnychuk

Chairman of the Executive Committee

1994–1995: Petro Shapoval

Heads of the Administration

1995–1998: Petro Shapoval
1998–1999: Mykhailo Kaskevych
1999–2002: Mykola Butko
2002: Hryhoriy Panchenko (acting)
2002–2005: Valentyn Melnychuk
2005: Vladyslav Atroshenko
2005–2007: Mykola Lavryk
2007–2014: Volodymyr Khomenko (acting since 12 October 2007)
2014: Volodymyr Ivashko
2014–2015: Serhiy Zhurman^[2]
2015–2018: Valeriy Kulich^[3]^[4]
2018: Yulia Svyrydenko (acting)^[5]
2018–2019: Oleksandr Mysnyk^[6]
2019 Nataliia Romanova (acting)^[7]
2019–2020: Andrii Prokopenko^[8]^[9]
2020–2021: Anna Kovalenko^[10]
2021–present: Vyacheslav Chaus^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Zelensky appoints head of Chernihiv Regional State Administration, Ukrinform (4 August 2021)
^ President introduced new Chernihiv RSA Head, Presidential Administration of Ukraine (31 March 2015)
^ Poroshenko dismisses Kulich as Chernihiv regional governor, Interfax-Ukraine (31 July 2018)
^ (in Ukrainian) Poroshenko has appointed a new head of Chernihiv oblast, Ukrayinska Pravda (28 November 2018)
^ "Свириденко Юлія Анатоліївна — Біографія, Балотування, Фракції, Політична Агітація | ПолітХаб". www.chesno.org (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-12-24.
^ President introduced new Head of the Chernihiv Regional State Administration Oleksandr Mysnyk to the region's leadership, Presidential Administration of Ukraine (28 November 2018)
^ "Zelensky appoints acting heads of 12 regional state administrations". Interfax-Ukraine. June 11, 2019. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
^ "Zelenskyy Appoints Prokopenko Chernihiv Governor". Ukrainian News Agency. November 1, 2019. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
^ (in Ukrainian) The head of the Chernihiv Regional State Administration resigned, Ukrayinska Pravda (12 September 2020)
^ (in Ukrainian) Zelensky introduced the new head of the Chernihiv Regional State Administration, Ukrayinska Pravda (15 October 2020)