The Governor of Samara Oblast shall be the supreme official of the regional government and the head of Samara Oblast Administration.
Samara Oblast Governor shall exercise his powers through the system of executive bodies of Samara Oblast. Samara’s governmental system shall comprise Samara Oblast Administration, and other executive bodies of Samara Oblast formed by Samara Oblast Governor.
Samara Oblast Governor shall be elected by citizens of the Russian Federation who have the right to vote within the territory of Samara Oblast, for the term of 5 years, and this election shall be held on the basis of the universal, equal and direct suffrage by ballot.
One and the same person shall not be elected Samara Oblast Governor for more than two successive terms.
Any citizen of the Russian Federation, who has a passive right to vote and who has come to the age of 30 and completed higher education, may be elected Samara Oblast Governor.
Samara Oblast Governor shall be vested with the power to:
- form Samara Oblast Administration and head it by his undivided authority in accordance with Samara Oblast Charter;
- insure the protection of rights and freedoms of Samara Oblast citizens, the integrity of and the rule of law and order in the territory of Samara Oblast;
- introduce legislation to the Duma of Samara Oblast;
- promulgate laws of Samara Oblast;
- represent Samara Oblast in domestic and foreign affairs and conduct negotiations and sign treaties and agreements on behalf of Samara Oblast;
- provide for the coordinate operation of every and each executive body of Samara Oblast;
- act as loan manager when granting loans from Samara Oblast budget funds;
- appoint to and dismiss from their office deputies of Samara Oblast Governor and heads of Samara’s executive bodies;
- form and head Samara Oblast Governor’s deliberative and subsidiary agencies;
- appoint one half of the membership of Samara Oblast Election Commission;
- grant incentives to or impose penalties on officials appointed by him;
- represent Samara Oblast in relations with federal bodies, or governments of other Russian regions, or bodies of local self-government, or in foreign economic affairs and in doing that sign treaties and agreements on behalf of Samara Oblast;
- grant his consent to the appointment of Public Prosecutor of Samara Oblast;
- grant his consent to the appointment or the dismissal of the head of Samara Oblast Department of Home Affairs;
- introduce to the Duma of Samara Oblast candidates for judges of the Charter Court of Samara Oblast;
- grant his consent to the appointment of magistrates in Samara Oblast;
- propose candidates for the position of Human Rights Commissioner of Samara Oblast.
In case Samara Oblast Governor is temporarily absent, his powers, except those listed under letters (f) and (i) hereinabove or his power to introduce legislation on modifications of and additions to the Charter of Samara Oblast, shall be exercised by the vice-governor of Samara Oblast. In the case of temporary absence of the vice-governor of Samara Oblast such powers shall be exercised by one of the deputies of Samara Oblast Governor by appointment of Samara Oblast Governor. In exercising his powers Samara Oblast Governor shall observe the Constitution of the Russian Federation and federal laws, the Charter of Samara Oblast and laws of Samara Oblast, and fulfil Ukases of the President of the Russian Federation and resolutions of the Russian Federal Government.
In administering the executive bodies of Samara Oblast, Samara Oblast Governor shall do the following:
- introduce to the approval and confirmation by the Duma of Samara Oblast a draft law on Samara Oblast budget and a draft law on the execution of the previous year’s Samara Oblast budget;
- introduce to the consideration by the Duma of Samara Oblast legislation on regional taxes, or regional tax privileges, or financial obligations of Samara Oblast, or other involving expenditures to be covered with Samara Oblast budget funds;
- introduce to the approval and confirmation by the Duma of Samara Oblast programs and forecasts of the region’s social and economic development and regional target programs;
- organize the formation of off-budget funds and other monetary funds and provide control over them being allocated for the purposes specified;
- approve and confirm the structural organization of the executive power of Samara Oblast and the regulations of executive bodies of Samara Oblast, and form the executive bodies of Samara Oblast;
- provide for the necessary co-operation between executive bodies of Samara Oblast and bodies of local self-government;
- provide pursuant to federal law for the coordinated and concerted activities of Samara Oblast Administration and territorial agencies of federal executive bodies in the territory of Samara Oblast;
- consider reports and accounts of heads of executive bodies of Samara Oblast;
- organize in accordance with federal law and Samara Oblast law audits of executive bodies of Samara Oblast and of bodies of local self-government;
- introduce to the consideration by federal executive bodies drafts of legal acts within their terms of competence;
- repeal any legal act set by any executive body of Samara Oblast in case it is in contradiction with federal law or Samara Oblast law;
- appoint to or dismiss from their positions in accordance with effective law directors of any public enterprise, organization or institution, which is the property of Samara Oblast;
- receive from enterprises, organizations or institutions located within the territory of Samara Oblast any necessary information to estimate the region’s social and economic development, as well as information on their projects and programs which can produce ecological or demographic effects or otherwise interfere with any interests of the people of Samara Oblast;
- otherwise act in accordance with federal law and Samara Oblast law.
Samara Oblast Governor shall not simultaneously be a deputy of any legislative body, except that he is the member of the Federal Council, or of any body of local self-government or be otherwise engaged in any gainful activity except teaching, scientific research or other creative occupation. Samara Oblast Governor shall transfer to a trustee for his term of office any securities, or deposits, or shares in stock, or other property held by him and capable of earning gains.
