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The 2024 Kemerovo Oblast gubernatorial election will take place on 8 September 2024, on common election day. Acting Governor Ilya Seredyuk is running for a full term in office.
Sergey Tsivilyov, then–Deputy Governor and former coal executive, was appointed acting Governor of Kemerovo Oblast in April 2018, replacing longtime Governor Aman Tuleyev. [1] Tsivilyov won election for a full term in September 2018 with 81.3% of the vote [2] and won reelection for a second term in 2023 with 85.2%. [3]
In May 2024 Governor Tsivilyov was mentioned as potential future Minister of Energy. [4] On May 11, 2024, re-appointed Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin nominated Governor Sergey Tsivilyov to serve in his second cabinet as Minister of Energy, replacing Nikolay Shulginov. [5] State Duma Committee on Energy unanimously supported Tsivilyov's nomination on May 12, [6] while the full chamber voted 375–0–57 to approve Tsivilyov as new Minister of Energy two days later. [7]
After his nomination, Governor Tsivilyov left Kemerovo on May 12, 2024, leaving First Deputy Governor – Chairman of the Kemerovo Oblast Government Ilya Seredyuk as acting Governor until the temporary replacement be appointed by the President. [8] Seredyuk and Tyumen Mayor Ruslan Kukharuk were mentioned as potential candidates for the appointment. [9] On May 15 President Vladimir Putin appointed Ilya Seredyuk as acting Governor of Kemerovo Oblast. [10]
In Kemerovo Oblast candidates for Governor can be nominated only by registered political parties. Candidate for Governor of Kemerovo Oblast should be a Russian citizen and at least 30 years old. Candidates for Governor should not have a foreign citizenship or residence permit. Each candidate in order to be registered is required to collect at least 8% of signatures of members and heads of municipalities. [11] Also gubernatorial candidates present 3 candidacies to the Federation Council and election winner later appoints one of the presented candidates.