Governor of Zabaykalsky Krai

The office of the Head of Administration of Chita Oblast was introduced in November 1991, when Russian president Boris Yeltsin appointed then-chairman of Chita Oblast executive committee Boris Ivanov to serve in this position^[1] until a successor is elected by popular vote. In February 1996, Ivanov resigned from office as well as several governors seemed by Yeltsin administration as weak and unpopular.^[2] Ivanov was replaced by mayor of Chita Ravil Geniatulin, who then went on to win the election of October 1996, and was re-elected twice in 2000 and 2004. He had remained a nonpartisan politician throughout his term, although he led United Russia party list in the 2008 legislative election.^[3] The style of office was changed to "governor of Chita Oblast" in 2005 following an amendment to the regional Charter (constitution).^[4]

In 2008, a new federal subject of Russia, Zabaykalsky Krai, was created following a regional referendum. Effectively, Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug was annexed into Chita Oblast. Before the merger, the autonomous okrug had an unclear status, recognised both as a part of Chita Oblast and a federal subject in its own right. Zabaykalsky Krai became the fifth and last case of merger of remote and underpopulated autonomous okrugs with their mother regions. Following the merger, Ravil Geniatulin was reappointed for a five-year term, as gubernatorial elections were abolished countrywide at that moment. He retired in 2013, replaced by State Duma member Konstantin Ilkovsky from A Just Russia party.^[5]

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No.	Image	Governor	Tenure	Time in office	Party		Election
1		Boris Ivanov (born 1941)	30 November 1991 – 22 January 1996 (resigned)	4 years, 53 days		Independent	Appointed
2		Ravil Geniatulin (born 1955)	1 February 1996 – 1 March 2008 (unification)	12 years, 29 days		Independent	Appointed 1996 2000 2004
On 1 March 2008, Chita Oblast and Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug were merged into Zabaykalsky Krai.
(2)		Ravil Geniatulin (born 1955)	1 March 2008 – 1 March 2013 (retired)	5 years, 0 days		Independent	2008
–		Konstantin Ilkovsky (born 1964)	1 March 2013 – 18 September 2013	2 years, 353 days		A Just Russia	Acting
3			18 September 2013 – 17 February 2016 (resigned)		2013
–		Natalia Zhdanova (born 1964)	18 February 2016 – 29 September 2016	2 years, 235 days		United Russia	Acting
4			29 September 2016 – 11 October 2018 (resigned)		2016
–		Aleksandr Kulakov (born 1966)	11 October 2018 – 25 October 2018	14 days			Acting
–		Aleksandr Osipov (born 1969)	25 October 2018 – 19 September 2019	7 years, 192 days		Independent[6]	Acting
5			19 September 2019 – present		2019 2024

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