2025 Nenets Autonomous Okrug gubernatorial election
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The 2025 Nenets Autonomous Okrug gubernatorial election will take place on 14 September 2025, on common election day, coinciding with 2025 Arkhangelsk Oblast gubernatorial election. Acting Governor of Nenets Autonomous Okrug Irina Gecht is eligible to run for a full term in office. Governor of Nenets Autonomous Okrug is elected by the Assembly of Deputies of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug and this will be the only indirect gubernatorial election in Russia in 2025.
Background
[edit]In April 2020 then-Governor of Nenets Autonomous Okrug Alexander Tsybulsky was appointed acting Governor of Arkhangelsk Oblast, simultaneously his deputy Yury Bezdudny was appointed acting Governor of Nenets Autonomous Okrug.[1] Later, in mid-May 2020 Tsybulsky and Bezdudny signed a joint memorandum of understanding on unifying Arkhangelsk Oblast and Nenets Autonomous Okrug: since Russian Constitution was adopted in 1993 Nenets Autonomous Okrug was a separate federal subject and, at the same time, a part of Arkhangelsk Oblast, however, a potential unification would abolish autonomous okrug completely.[2] The proposed unification sparked a massive outrage in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, one of the largest oil and gas producing regions of Russia, which was far more wealthier than the rest of Arkhangelsk Oblast, and protests were held in the okrug capital of Naryan-Mar.[3] Overwhelming negative reaction to the unification resulted in the suspension of the memorandum in late May 2020.[4] In July 2020 Nenets Autonomous Okrug became an only region in Russia, where the majority of population voted against amendments to the Constitution of Russia,[5] after which acting Governor Bezdudny publicly renounced the unification with Arkhangelsk Oblast.[6]
Yury Bezdudny suffered a massive blow to his popularity due to the proposed unification, however, the indirect gubernatorial election system completely prevented the acting governor from defeat. In September 2020 Bezdudny was successfully elected to the full term by the Assembly of Deputies of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, winning 14 votes out of 16 total.[7] Meanwhile, Alexander Tsybulsky lost Nenets Autonomous Okrug in the concurrent Arkhangelsk Oblast gubernatorial election to former State Duma member and A Just Russia nominee Irina Chirkova, who gathered 62.21% in okrug (Tsybulsky won the overall election with 69.63%).[8] Nenets Autonomous Okrug continued its oppositional streak as in the 2021 Russian legislative election CPRF placed first in the region in the party-list voting with 31.98% of the vote.[9] However, in the 2023 Assembly of Deputies election United Russia retained and expanded its majority, winning 43.94% and 13 mandates (out of 19).[10]
On March 18, 2025, Governor Yury Bezdudny announced his intent to resign from the office.[11] Later that day President of Russia Vladimir Putin met with former Prime Minister of Zaporozhye Oblast Irina Gecht and asked her to become acting Governor of Nenets Autonomous Okrug, which she accepted.[12]
Candidates
[edit]Governor of Nenets Autonomous Okrug is elected indirectly, by the Assembly of Deputies of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, for the term of five years. Candidate for Governor of Nenets Autonomous Okrug should be a Russian citizen and at least 30 years old. Candidates for Governor of Nenets Autonomous Okrug should not have a foreign citizenship or residence permit.[13] Candidates for Governor of Nenets Autonomous Okrug are nominated by political parties, which have factions either in the Assembly of Deputies of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug or in the State Duma, and the parties can nominate up to three candidates each. Governor of Arkhangelsk Oblast then selects five nominated candidates and sends them to the President of Russia, who selects three of them and submits to the Assembly of Deputies of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug. The Assembly of Deputies elects Governor of Nenets Autonomous Okrug with a simple majority.[14] Also gubernatorial candidates present 3 candidacies to the Federation Council, all of whom should be incumbent municipal, regional or federal deputies, and election winner later appoints one of the presented candidates.
Publicly expressed interest
[edit]- Irina Gecht (United Russia), acting Governor of Nenets Autonomous Okrug (2025–present), former Chairwoman of the Government of Zaporozhye Oblast (2024–2025)[15]
See also
[edit]References
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- ^ "Главы Архангельской области и НАО подписали меморандум об объединении". rbc.ru. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
- ^ "Жители НАО встали в одиночные пикеты и провели автопробег против слияния с Архангельской областью". 29.ru. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
- ^ "Архангельская область и Ненецкий округ откладывают объединение". vedomosti.ru. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
- ^ "Ненецкий округ стал единственным регионом, проголосовавшим против поправок в Конституцию". forbes.ru. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
- ^ "Глава НАО заявил об отказе от объединения с Архангельской областью". rbc.ru. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
- ^ "Юрия Бездудного избрали губернатором Ненецкого автономного округа". rbc.ru. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
- ^ ""Эсер" Чиркова обошла врио архангельского губернатора в районе Шиеса". interfax.ru. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
- ^ "КПРФ победила на выборах в Госдуму в Ненецком округе". rbc.ru. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
- ^ "В Ненецком АО подвели итоги выборов в окружной парламент". nao24.ru. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
- ^ "Глава НАО объявил об отставке". rbc.ru. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
- ^ "Путин предложил экс-премьеру Запорожской области Гехт возглавить НАО". interfax.ru. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
- ^ "Устав Ненецкого автономного округа (с изменениями на 2 июля 2024 года)". docs.cntd.ru. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
- ^ "Федеральный закон "Об общих принципах организации публичной власти в субъектах Российской Федерации" с изменениями на 13 декабря 2024 года". docs.cntd.ru. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
- ^ "Якушев заявил, что ЕР поддержит выдвижение Гехт кандидатом на выборы главы НАО". tass.ru. Retrieved 2025-05-29.
