Employees during each governor's tenure
83 governors, ranked by how employees changed from their first day in office, next to Russia over the same months. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.
| # | Governor | Country | In office | Total | vs RU | Per year | Chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N Makhmud-Ali Kalimatov | Ingushetia | 26 Jun 2019 – now | +436% Q1 2019 → Q4 2025 | +436.4 pts RU −0.1% | +28.3%/yr | |
| 2 |  Valentin Konovalov | Khakassia | 15 Nov 2018 – now | +75.6% Q3 2018 → Q1 2026 | +73.0 pts RU +2.7% | +7.8%/yr | |
| 3 |  Vladislav Kuznetsov | Chukotka Autonomous District | 15 Mar 2023 – now | +24.0% Q4 2022 → Q1 2026 | +24.7 pts RU −0.7% | +6.8%/yr | |
| 4 | Vasily Orlov | Amur Oblast | 30 May 2018 – now | +16.8% Q1 2018 → Q1 2026 | +14.3 pts RU +2.5% | +2.0%/yr | |
| 5 | Alexander Beglov | Saint Petersburg | 3 Oct 2018 – now | +12.0% Q3 2018 → Q1 2026 | +9.3 pts RU +2.7% | +1.5%/yr | |
| 6 | Valery Limarenko | Sakhalin Oblast | 7 Dec 2018 – now | +11.7% Q3 2018 → Q4 2025 | +9.1 pts RU +2.7% | +1.5%/yr | |
| 7 | N Dmitry Artyukhov | Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District | 29 May 2018 – now | +7.7% Q1 2018 → Q1 2026 | +5.2 pts RU +2.5% | +0.9%/yr | |
| 8 | Aisen Nikolayev | Sakha | 28 May 2018 – now | +6.9% Q1 2018 → Q1 2026 | +4.4 pts RU +2.5% | +0.8%/yr | |
| 9 | N Murat Kumpilov | Adygea | 12 Jan 2017 – now from Q2 2017 | +6.6% Q2 2017 → Q1 2026 | +7.2 pts RU −0.6% | +0.7%/yr | |
| 10 | Andrey Turchak | Altai Republic | 4 Jun 2024 – now | +6.0% Q1 2024 → Q1 2026 | +6.9 pts RU −0.9% | +2.9%/yr |
Showing 10 of 93 tenures.
Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last quarter complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that period had no data, or because the period cut it); Russia is measured over the same months. Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in %; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. thousand, small businesses excluded · Rosstat's municipal database (BDMO) as mirrored by tochno.st: average number of employees of organisations, small businesses excluded, the region's municipalities added up, quarterly from 2017 · region data · as of Aug 2026.