The governor of Kamchatka is the highest official in the region. He is the direct head of the executive body - the government of the Kamchatka Territory. Who is now leading this unique region? What powers does an official of this level have? The answers to these questions are presented in this article.
Governor Powers
The governor of Kamchatka has fairly broad powers. Most importantly, it is he who is the highest official of the region, leads the government, determining priority areas for the socio-economic development of the region, the development of foreign economic and international relations.
At the same time, the governor of Kamchatka is obliged to represent his region when dealing with federal authorities, signs agreements and treaties on behalf of the government. He is obliged to promulgate the laws of the region, to submit to state prizes and awards, to determine the structure of the executive authorities, to form the government, to report annually toLegislative Assembly about their work.
The Governor of Kamchatka may demand the convening of an extraordinary meeting of the Legislative Assembly, he is allowed to participate in its work with the right of an advisory vote, while he is obliged to coordinate the work of the executive authorities.
Position history
The post of governor existed in Russia even before the October Revolution. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, it was simply restored. In this region, there was a post of military governor. It was both the highest military and government official in the region, who simultaneously led the local government and troops.
The first military governor of Kamchatka - Zavoyko Vasily Stepanovich. This is an admiral, a participant in the Battle of Navarino, a famous circumnavigator, considered one of the pioneers in the development of the Pacific coast.
Zavoyko's appointment
Zavoyko became a military governor in 1850 on the nomination of Count Nikolai Muravyov-Amursky. At the same time, the Okhotsk school for navigators was transferred to Petropavlovsk, which Zavoyko invariably supported. Using local funds, he quickly organized the construction of boats "Kamchadal" and "Aleui", as well as the schooner "Anadyr" and a 12-oar boat.
He became acting governor at the age of 40, the city began to develop actively under him, the number of inhabitants increased almost five times in a few years, several dozen buildings were erected, and reconstruction was carried outport facilities.
In 1853 he was officially approved in his position. Here he showed his best qualities, showing himself as a wise strategist, fearless warrior and talented organizer. During the Crimean War, he led the selfless defense of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
He placed all trade under special bureaucratic supervision, paid attention to the development of agriculture, it was on his initiative that agricultural exhibitions began to be held annually, which contributed to the development of this industry. He retired from the post of governor in 1855, having received the appointment of the Chief of Naval Forces.
Governors in the 20th century
The post of governor in this region was introduced in 1991, as elsewhere in Russia. The first governor in the history of modern Russia in the Kamchatka Territory was Vladimir Biryukov. First, he was appointed head of the administration, and in 1996 he won the election. In 2000 he was replaced by Mikhail Mashkovtsev. In 2007, he was replaced by Alexei Kuzmitsky.
This is the entire list of former governors of Kamchatka.
Governor Today
The current governor of Kamchatka, Ilyukhin Vladimir Ivanovich, was approved in this post on March 3, 2011. He comes from the Krasnoyarsk Territory, now he is 57 years old.
Graduate of the Institute of National Economy in Khabarovsk. From the beginning of the 90s, he was engaged in business, headed various companies in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, in 1999 he became the director of the Kamchatka Exhibition Center.
BIn the 2000s, he moved to work in the administration of the Kamchatka region. He headed the Department of Industry, Entrepreneurship, Energy and Mineral Resources, then was a federal inspector for the Koryak Autonomous Okrug. In early 2008, he was appointed to a similar position in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). Since 2009, he became the chief federal inspector for the Kamchatka Territory, so this region was well known to him.
In 2015, Ilyukhin submitted his resignation from the post of governor, was appointed acting until the next election.
The election of the governor of Kamchatka took place on September 13th. Ilyukhin won a landslide victory, gaining 75.5% of the vote, the second place was taken by the deputy of the local Legislative Assembly Mikhail Smagin from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation with a result of 9.9%, in the third place was the deputy of the City Duma of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Valery Kalashnikov, representing the liberal democratic game, his result was 8.1%.
Currently, Ilyukhin is still at his post. He is considered one of the richest heads of regions in Russia. For example, in 2011 he declared an income of 49.5 million rubles, being in fourth place in the ranking of incomes of regional leaders.
First Lieutenant Governor
The post of First Vice-Governor of Kamchatka is currently held by Irina Leonidovna Untilova. She is from Astrakhan, but received her higher education at the Pedagogical Institute in Kamchatka.
LabourShe began her career as a senior pioneer leader in the camp back in 1976. Then she worked as a secretary of the Komsomol committee at the local pedagogical school, building her career precisely along the lines of the Komsomol. Since 1988, she became the deputy director at school No. 24 in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, supervising educational and extracurricular activities.
In 2005, she was appointed an adviser to the head of the city, and in 2011 - deputy chairman of the regional government. She received the position of First Vice-Governor in October 2015. In her work, Untilova oversees the ministries of finance, territorial development, the agency for internal policy, and the housing inspectorate.
Vice Governors of Kamchatka
The current head of the Kamchatka Territory has two more vice-governors. One of them is Dmitry Latyshev. Originally from Khabarovsk, a graduate of the Institute of National Economy, like Ilyukhin.
In 1984, he began working as a car mechanic at the Kamchatavtotrans enterprise. Then he was a driver, treasurer of the audit department in the regional department of the treasury of the Khabarovsk Territory. Since 1995, he has been engaged in commerce, holding senior positions.
In 2001 he became an adviser to the Deputy Governor, from 2008 to 2013 he headed the representative office of the government of Kamchatka in Moscow. Since 2014, he was the first vice-governor of the region, until Irina Untilova took this post.
Aleksey Voitov
Another vice-governor Alexei Voitov is responsible for information and communications agencies, archives,magistrates, tourism and external affairs, and a civil registry office.
He is a native of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, in 2003 he graduated from the local state technical university as a navigation engineer. Served as a sailor, second mate.
In 2007, he became an adviser to the governor on organizational and general issues. A year later, he was appointed head of the department of the apparatus, since 2010 - deputy chairman of the regional government. He became directly the vice-governor of the Kamchatka Territory quite recently - on January 30, 2018.
Also, in the structure of the regional government, there are seven more deputy chairmen who have distributed among themselves the supervision of the remaining ministries, agencies and departments. These are Vladimir Mikhailovich Galitsyn, Yuri Nikolaevich Zubar, Valery Nikolaevich Karpenko, Vladimir Borisovich Prigornev, Timofey Yuryevich Smirnov, Marina Anatolyevna Saturday, Sergei Ivanovich Khabarov.
This is the current structure of the government of the Kamchatka Territory, its top officials.
