Governor of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast

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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.

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.

Governors

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

Governor of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast

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