2025 Kursk Oblast gubernatorial election
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The 2025 Kursk Oblast gubernatorial election will take place on 14 September 2025, on common election day. Acting Governor of Kursk Oblast Alexander Khinshtein is eligible to run for a full term in office.
Background
[edit]First Deputy Governor of Kursk Oblast Aleksey Smirnov became acting Governor of Kursk Oblast in May 2024 after then-governor Roman Starovoyt was nominated as Minister of Transport in Mikhail Mishustin's Second Cabinet.[1][2] Smirnov was appointed acting Governor of Kursk Oblast by President of Russia Vladimir Putin a day later.[3] Smirnov ran for a full term and won the election with 65.28% of the vote.[4]
On December 6, 2024, Smirnov announced his resignation as Governor of Kursk Oblast just 80 days after his inauguration and 200 days since his appointment as acting governor.[5] The same day President Putin appointed State Duma member Alexander Khinshtein, chairman of the Duma Committee on Informational Policy, Technologies and Communications, as acting Governor of Kursk Oblast.[6] Lack of communication and subsequent protests from local residents suffering from the ongoing Ukrainian incursion were named the main reason for Smirnov's sudden dismissal.[7] The appointment of Khinshtein, a longtime parliamentarian and former investigative journalist, was seen to boost the public appearance of governor's office and to resolve issues around communication with local residents.
Candidates
[edit]In Kursk Oblast candidates for Governor of Kursk Oblast can be nominated only by registered political parties. Candidate for Governor of Kursk Oblast should be a Russian citizen and at least 30 years old. Candidates for Governor of Kursk Oblast should not have a foreign citizenship or residence permit. Each candidate in order to be registered is required to collect at least 6% of signatures of members and heads of municipalities.[8] Also gubernatorial candidates present 3 candidacies to the Federation Council and election winner later appoints one of the presented candidates.
Publicly expressed interest
[edit]- Alexander Khinshtein (United Russia), acting Governor of Kursk Oblast (2024–present), former Member of State Duma (2003–2016, 2018–2024)[9]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Старовойта предложили на пост главы Минтранса". tass.ru. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
- ^ "Первый замгубернатора стал исполняющим обязанности главы Курской области". rbc.ru. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
- ^ "Алексей Смирнов назначен временно исполняющим обязанности губернатора Курской области". kremlin.ru. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
- ^ "Смирнов победил на выборах главы Курской области". tass.ru. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
- ^ "Смирнов сообщил о переходе на новое место работы". rbc.ru. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
- ^ "Хинштейн стал врио губернатора Курской области". tass.ru. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
- ^ "Кризисный врио". kommersant.ru. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
- ^ "Закон "О выборах Губернатора Курской области" от 20 июня 2012 года N 51-ЗКО (с изменениями на 18 июня 2024 года)". docs.cntd.ru. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
- ^ "Хинштейн выразил готовность участвовать в выборах губернатора Курской области". tass.ru. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
