Governor of Odessa Oblast

Governor of Odessa Oblast
Seal of Odessa Oblast
Incumbent Ihor Palytsia since May 6, 2014
Residence	Odessa
Term length	Four years
Inaugural holder	Yakiv Pakhomov 1932
Formation	1932 as Chairman of Executive Committee of Odessa Oblast
Website	Government of Odessa Oblast

The office of Governor is an appointed position, with officeholders being appointed by the President of Ukraine, on recommendation from the Prime Minister of Ukraine, to serve four year term.

The official residence for the Governor is located in Odessa. The current Governor is Ihor Palytsia, who assumed office on May 6, 2014.

Governors

Yakiv Pakhomov (1932-1933)
Fedir Golub (1933-1935)
Petro Boyko (1935-1937)
Mykola Volkov (1937) (acting)
Pylyp Shevtsov (1937) (acting)
Grygoriy Galchenko (1937-1938)
Nykyfor Kalchenko (1938-1941)
Romanian occupation (part of the Transnistria Governorate, 1941-1944)
Yosyp Gorlov (1944-1946)
Kostyantyn Karavayev (1946-1953)
Mykola Gureyev (1953-1954)
Oleksandr Fedoseyev (1954-1958)
Mykhailo Khorunzhy (1958-1969)^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Kostyantyn Kovalenko (1963-1964)^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Andriy Dudnyk (1969-1971)
Viktor Pokhodin (1971-1985)
Andriy Pecherov (1985-1990)
Anatoliy Butenko (1990-1991)
Rouslan Bodelan (1991-1992)

Rouslan Bodelan (1995-1998)
Serhii Grynevetsky (1998-2005)
Vasyl Tsushko (2005-2006)
Borys Zvyagintsev (2006) (acting)
Ivan Plachkov (2006-2007)
Mykola Serdyuk (2007-2010)^{[lower-alpha 3]}
Eduard Matviychuk (2010-2013)
Mykola Skoryk (2013-2014)
Volodymyr Nemyrovsky (2014)
Ihor Palytsia (Since May 6, 2014)