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Governor of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast

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Residence
  
Birobidzhan

Inaugural holder
  
Iosif Liberberg 1934

Governor of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast

Term length
  
Four years, renewable once

Formation
  
1934 as Chairman of Executive Committee of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast

Website
  
Government of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast

The Governor of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast (Губернатор Еврейской автономной области) is the head of executive branch for the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, considered as Prime Minister of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast.

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The office of Governor is an elected position, for which elected officials serve four year terms. While individual politicians may serve as many terms as they can be elected to, Governors cannot be elected to more than two consecutive terms.

The official residence for the Governor is located in Birobidzhan. The current Governor is Alexander Levintal, who acting office on February 24, 2015.

Chairman of Executive Committee of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast

  • Iosif Liberberg (1934-1936)
  • Mikhail Kattel (1936-1937)
  • Miron Geller (1937-1938) (acting)
  • Nikolay Bigler (1938-1939) (acting)
  •  ? (1939-1940)
  • Mikhail Zilbershteyn (1940-1947)
  • Mikhail Levitin (1947-1949)
  • Lew Benkovich (1949-1955)
  • F.T. Klimenko (1955-1961)
  • Grigory Podgayev (1961-1962)
  • Andrey Okovitov (1962-1971)
  • Sergey Duvakin (1971-1985)
  • Mark Kaufman (1985-1990)
  • Boris Korsunsky (1990-1991)
  • Head of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast Administration

  • Nikolay Volkov (1991)
  • Governor of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast

  • Nikolay Volkov (1991-2010)
  • Alexander Vinnikov (2010–2015)
  • Alexander Levintal (since February 24, 2015)
  • Elections

    The latest election for the office was held on 13 September 2015.

    References

    Governor of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast Wikipedia