Governor of Irkutsk Oblast
Coat of Arms of Irkutsk Oblast
Incumbent Igor Kobzev (acting) since 12 December 2019
Style	His Excellency
Seat	Irkutsk
Appointer	based on the direct election results
Term length	5 years
Formation	1991
First holder	Yury Nozhikov
Website	Governor of Irkutsk Oblast

The Governor of Irkutsk Oblast (Russian: Губернатор Иркутской области) is the highest official of Irkutsk Oblast. The office of governor of Irkutsk Governorate was established in 1783 as part of the Russian Empire. In 1926, under the Soviet Union, the governorate became part of the newly created Siberian Krai, which lasted until its division in 1930 into East and West Siberian Krais. The area of the former Irkutsk Governorate became part of the East Siberian Krai. In 1936 East Siberian Krai was further divided up, and in 1937 the remaining area was split into Chita Oblast and Irkutsk Oblast. Since then Irkutsk Oblast has been an independent federal subject of Russia.

• Promote or rejects the laws passed by the Irkutsk Oblast Duma.
• Submits a reports on the execution of regional budget to the Oblast Duma.
• Submits the draft strategies for the socio-economic development of the oblast and an annual report on the implementation and effectiveness of the state programs of Irkutsk Oblast.
• Attends the meetings of Oblast Duma and submits annual reports on the activity of the Government of Irkutsk Oblast, including the issues raised by the members of Oblast Duma.
• Decides on early termination of the Irkutsk Oblast Duma.
• Determines the structure of state powers of the Irkutsk Oblast in accordance with the charter of Irkutsk Oblast.
• With the coordination with Oblast Duma; He appoints the First Deputy Governor of Irkutsk Province.
• Can dismiss the First Deputy Governor of Irkutsk Oblast.
• Forms the government of Irkutsk Oblast and appoints the Chairman of the Government, First Deputy Chairman of the Government, and the government ministers of Irkutsk Oblast and can also dismissed them.
• Determines the main activities of the Government of Irkutsk Oblast.
• Had a right to call an emergency session of the Irkutsk Oblast Duma.
• Decides the dismissal of the Government of Irkutsk Oblast.
• Appoints a representative of the Government of Irkutsk Oblast to the Federation Council.
• Appoints the position of the Commissioner for the Protection of the Rights of Entrepreneurs of the Irkutsk Oblast.
• Appoints the Prosecutor of Irkutsk Oblast.
• Submits the report to the President of Russia on the performance of the Executive bodies of Irkutsk Oblast.
• Has a right to conduct referendum in Irkutsk Oblast.
• Can dismissed the heads of local administration of Irkutsk Oblast.
• Give titles and awards of the Irkutsk Oblast.
• The Governor of Irkutsk Oblast exercises other powers in accordance with the Constitution of Russia and the Charter of Irkutsk Oblast.

• Represents the Irkutsk Oblast in relations with federal state authorities, state authorities of other constituent entities of the Russian Federation, other state bodies of the Irkutsk Oblast, local governments and other municipal bodies of the municipal formations of the Irkutsk region, organizations, public associations and citizens, as well as international and foreign economic relations of the Irkutsk Oblast.
• Within the framework of determining the main areas of activity of the Government of the Irkutsk Oblast, issues instructions (instructions) to the First Deputy Governor of the Irkutsk Oblast - the Chairman of the Government of the Irkutsk Oblast, Deputy Governors of the Irkutsk Oblast, Deputy Chairmen of the Government of the Irkutsk Oblast, Ministers of the Irkutsk Oblast (hereinafter - members of the Government of the Irkutsk Oblast).

Since May 2003 the governor has been elected for a five-year term. Prior to this it was a four-year term.^[1]

All cabinet ministers are appointed by the Governor.

As of March 2020, the cabinet members are as follows:^[2]

#	Portrait	Governor	Tenure	Party		Election
1		Yury Nozhikov (1934–2010)	19 September 1991 — 25 April 1997		Civic Union	1994
					independent
—		Vitaly Ivanov (born 1946)	25 April — 8 August 1997
2		Boris Govorin (born 1947)	21 August 1997 — 26 August 2005			1997 2001
3		Alexander Tishanin (born 1966)	26 August 2005 — 15 April 2008		United Russia	2005
—		Igor Yesipovsky (1960–2009)	15 April — 13 December 2008			2008
4			13 December 2008 — 10 May 2009
—		Sergey Sokol (born 1970)	10 May — 8 June 2009
5		Dmitry Mezentsev (born 1959)	8 June 2009 — 18 May 2012			2009
—		Sergey Yeroshchenko (born 1961)	18 May — 29 May 2012			2012
6			29 May 2012 — 13 May 2015
—			13 May — 2 October 2015
7		Sergey Levchenko (born 1953)	2 October 2015 — 12 December 2019		Communist Party	2015
—		Igor Kobzev (born 1966)	12 December 2019 — 18 September 2020		Independent	2020
8			from 18 September 2020

• Government of Irkutsk Oblast
• Governors of Irkutsk Oblast since 2001
• Irkutsk Regional Party Committee
• Handbook of the History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union 1898 - 1991: Irkutsk Oblast