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Governor of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug

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Governor of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Coat of arms of Chukotka
since 15 March 2023
SeatAnadyr
Term length5 years
Inaugural holderAleksandr Nazarov
Formation1991
Websiteчукотка.рф

The governor of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug (Russian: Губернатор Чукотского автономного округа) is the chief executive of Chukotka, an autonomous region in the Russian Far East.

History of office

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On 11 November 1991 Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Council of Deputies of Chukotka Aleksandr Nazarov was appointed Head of Administration of the autonomy by Russian president Boris Yeltsin. During Nazarov administration, there was a sharp decline in industrial production, most of the miner settlements were liquidated. The population of Chukotka decreased from nearly 164,000 people in 1989 to 54,000 in 2002. In 2000, during Nazarov's reelection campaign, he was summoned for interrogation by the Federal Tax Police Service. Shortly after he withdrew his candidacy.[1]

Nazarov was succeeded by Roman Abramovich, a Russian oligarch and member of the 3rd State Duma from the Chukotka constituency. According to media reports, he invested a lot of his own funds in the development of the region and improving the living standards of the local population.[2] Abramovich asked president Putin to accept his resignation at least two times: in December 2006, and in the fall of 2007, but these attempts were unsuccessful.[3] He resigned in July 2008 and was succeeded by Roman Kopin, former head of Bilibinsky District.[4] Kopin was succeeded by Vladislav Kuznetsov, after the former resigned in March of 2023.

List of office-holders

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No. Portrait Name

(Birth–Death)

Term Political party Election
Took office Left office Duration
1 Aleksandr Nazarov
(born 1951) 		11 November 1991 17 January 2001 9 years,

2 months,

6 days

Independent 1996
2 Roman Abramovich
(born 1966) 		17 January 2001 3 July 2008 7 years,

5 months,

26 days

2000

2005

— Roman Kopin
(born 1974) 		3 July 2008 24 July 2008 14 years,

8 months,

12 days

United Russia 2008[5]

2013

2018[6]

3 24 July 2008 23 July 2013
— 23 July 2013 24 September 2013
(3) 24 September 2013 15 March 2023

(Resigned from office)

4 Vladislav Kuznetsov
(born 1969) 		since 15 March 2023[7] 230 days 2023

Timeline

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Vladislav KuznetsovRoman KopinRoman AbramovichAleksandr Nazarov

References

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  1. ^ "Начальник Чукотки оказался замаранным" [The head of Chukotka turned out to be soiled] (in Russian). pravda.ru. 2000-10-25. Retrieved 2013-10-09.
  2. ^ "Любимый олигарх Кремля" [Kremlin's favorite oligarch]. Gazeta.ru (in Russian). 2006-12-25.
  3. ^ "Абрамович просит прекратить его полномочия" [Abramovich asks to terminate his powers]. vesti.ru (in Russian). 2006-12-20.
  4. ^ ""Человек отработал, выполнил свою миссию"" [The man has worked off, he fulfilled his mission]. Gazeta.ru (in Russian). 2008-07-03.
  5. ^ "Р. Копин вступил в должность губернатора Чукотки" [R. Kopin took office as Governor of Chukotka] (in Russian). 2008-07-24. Archived from the original on 2015-06-23. Retrieved 2015-06-04.
  6. ^ "Роман Копин официально вступил в должность губернатора Чукотки" [Roman Kopin officially took office as Governor of Chukotka]. Regnum (in Russian). 2018-10-08.
  7. ^ "И.о. главы Чукотки назначен Владислав Кузнецов". Interfax (in Russian). 15 March 2023.
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