Governor of Sakhalin Oblast

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Governor of Sakhalin Oblast" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (October 2021) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Governor of the Sakhalin Oblast
Coat of Arms of Sakhalin Oblast
Flag of Sakhalin Oblast
Incumbent Valery Limarenko since September 12, 2019
Government of Sakhalin Oblast
Style	His Excellency, Mr. Governor
Residence	Communist Avenue 32, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Seat	Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Term length	5 years
Formation	1991
First holder	Valentin Fyodorov

The Governor of Sakhalin Oblast (Russian: Губернатор Сахалинской области) is the head of the executive branch of the Government of Sakhalin Oblast and the highest official of the oblast. The governor has a duty to enforce state laws in the region and to approve bills passed by the Sakhalin Oblast Duma or to disapprove it.

Since the formation of the position in 1991 there have been eight governors, including two interim governors. Igor Farkhutdinov was the only governor to die in office. The current governor, Valery Limarenko, has been interim governor since December 7, 2018.

The longest serving governors were Igor Farkhtdinov and Aleksandr Khoroshavin, who both served for 8 years in the office.