This is a list of women who served as heads (governors) of Federal subjects of Russia.

History

The first female head of a federal subject in the Russian Federation was Valentina Bronevich, who was Governor of Koryak Autonomous Okrug from 1996 to 2000.

Of the 85 current heads of federal subjects, one is a woman. This is Natalya Komarova, Governor of Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug since 2010.

List

• Italics denotes an acting head of federal subject.

Name	Image	Party	Title and federal subject	Mandate start	Mandate end	Term length	Departure	Ref
Valentina Bronevich		Independent	Governor  Koryakia	17 November 1996	16 December 2000	4 years, 29 days	Lost reelection	[1]
Valentina Matviyenko		United Russia	Governor  Saint Petersburg	15 October 2003	22 August 2011	7 years, 311 days	Resigned to become Senator from Saint Petersburg	[2]
Maria Bolshakova (Acting Governor)		Independent	Acting Governor  Ulyanovsk Oblast	22 November 2004	6 January 2005	45 days	Resigned after the inauguration of Sergey Morozov	[3]
Natalya Komarova		United Russia	Governor  Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug	1 March 2010	Incumbent	13 years, 303 days	Serving	[4]
Marina Kovtun		United Russia	Governor  Murmansk Oblast	13 April 2012	21 March 2019	7 years, 8 days	Resigned from office	[5][6]
Svetlana Orlova		United Russia	Governor  Vladimir Oblast	23 September 2013	8 October 2018	5 years, 15 days	Lost reelection	[7]
Natalia Zhdanova		United Russia	Governor  Zabaykalsky Krai	18 February 2016	11 October 2018	2 years, 235 days	Resigned from office	[8][9]
Vera Shcherbina (Acting Governor)		Independent	Acting Governor  Sakhalin Oblast	26 September 2018	7 December 2018	72 days	Replaced by Valery Limarenko as Acting Governor	[10][11]
Olga Antipina (Acting Governor)		Independent	Acting Governor  Perm Krai	21 January 2020	6 February 2020	16 days	Replaced by Dmitry Makhonin as Acting Governor	[12][13]

Timeline of female Governors

See also

• List of current heads of federal subjects of Russia

References