Governor of Kherson 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 a four-year term.

The official residence for the governor is located in Kherson.

Governors

Chairman of Executive Committee of Kherson Oblast

• Pylyp Pasenchenko-Demydenko (1944–1950)
• Tymofiy Barylnyk (1950–1963)
• Mykola Makushenko (1963–1969)
• Mykola Kobak (1963–1964)
• Dina Protsenko (1969–1978)
• Vasyl Metlyayev (1978–1983)
• Mykhailo Kushnerenko (1983–1987)
• Oleksandr Melnykov (1987–1991)
• Mykhailo Kushnerenko (1991–1992)

Representative of the President

• Oleksandr Melnykov (1992–1994)

Chairman of the Executive Committee

• Vitalii Zholobov (1994–1995)

Heads of the Administration

• Vitalii Zholobov (1995–1996)
• Yurii Karasyk (1996–1997)
• Mykhailo Kushnerenko (1997–1998)
• Anatoliy Kasyanenko (1998–1999)
• Oleksandr Verbytsky (1999–2001)
• Yuriy Kravchenko (2001–2002)
• Anatolii Yurchenko (2002–2004)
• Serhii Dovgan (2004)
• Volodymyr Khodakovsky (2004–2005)
• Borys Silenkov (2005–2010)
• Anatoliy Hrytsenko (2010)
• Mykola Kostyak (2010–2014)
• Yuriy Odarchenko (2014)
• Ihor Shepelyev (2014) (acting)
• Andriy Putilov (2014–2016)
• Andrii Gordieiev (2016–2019)
• Dmytro Butriy (2019) (acting)
• Yuriy Husev (2019–2020)
• Serhiy Kozyr (2020–2021) (acting)
• Hennadiy Lahuta (2021-2022)
• Dmytro Butriy (2022) (acting)
• Yaroslav Yanushevych (2022–2023)
• Oleksandr Prokudin (2023–present)