Oleg Kozhemyako

Oleg Nikolayevich Kozhemyako (; born 17 March 1962) is a Russian politician serving as Governor of Primorsky Krai since 2018. Previously, he served as Governor of Sakhalin Oblast from 2015 to 2018. He also served two terms as Governor of Amur Oblast and one term as the head of Koryak Autonomous Okrug. Career Kozhemyako was appointed as the representative of the Legislative Assembly of Primorsky Krai in the Federation Council in 2002. Then, he was elected as the head of Koryak Autonomous Okrug on 15 April 2005 and held it until the okrug merged with Kamchatka Oblast on 30 June 2007. On 16 October 2008 President Dmitry Medvedev appointed him to the Amur governorship to replace Nikolai Kolesov. On 14 October 2012, after direct elections of governors were restored, Kozhemyako ran for re-election. He was re-elected, collecting over 76% of the votes. President Vladimir Putin appointed Kozhemyako to the governorship of Sakhalin Oblast on 25 March 2015 to replace Alexander Khoroshavin, who was arrested and charged with accepting bribes.