Government and politics in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine: official figures
Oleksii Kharchenko is head of the Luhansk Oblast State Administration, appointed by Presidential Decree No. 244/2025 of 17 April 2025.
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- By 23 October 2026 the current head of Luhansk Oblast had been in post for 1.5 years, 11th shortest of 24 among the heads of Ukraine's oblasts. Source: Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (Government portal) · saved copy
- No election to the Luhansk Oblast Council was held on 25 October 2020: the Central Election Commission lists no oblast council mandates for Luhansk Oblast, only local councils. Source: Central Election Commission of Ukraine · saved copy
- Across all its councils Luhansk Oblast elected 596 local deputies on 25 October 2020 out of 620 mandates, 2nd fewest of 25 regions. Source: Central Election Commission of Ukraine · saved copy
- Of the deputies elected in Luhansk Oblast in 2020, 97 to city councils, 266 to settlement councils, 62 to village councils, 171 to district councils. Source: Central Election Commission of Ukraine · saved copy
- The local budgets of Luhansk Oblast had combined revenue of 3.7 billion hryvnias in 2025, of which 86% came from the state budget. Source: Ministry of Finance of Ukraine · saved copy
How Luhansk Oblast compares with other oblasts
Years in office of the current head of the oblast administration (2026)
Luhansk Oblast ranks 14 of 24, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Years in office of the current head of the oblast administration |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Rivne Oblast | 2.8 |
| 12 | Khmelnytskyi Oblast | 2.5 |
| 13 | Zakarpattia Oblast | 2.0 |
| 14 | Luhansk Oblast | 1.5 |
| 15 | Sumy Oblast | 1.5 |
| 16 | Vinnytsia Oblast | 0.8 |
| 17 | Dnipropetrovsk Oblast | 0.8 |
Local deputies elected in all councils, 25 October 2020 (2020)
Luhansk Oblast ranks 24 of 25, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Local deputies elected in all councils, 25 October 2020 |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | Kherson Oblast | 1,487 |
| 20 | Mykolaiv Oblast | 1,484 |
| 21 | Sumy Oblast | 1,482 |
| 22 | Chernivtsi Oblast | 1,409 |
| 23 | Donetsk Oblast | 1,171 |
| 24 | Luhansk Oblast | 596 |
| 25 | Kyiv | 119 |
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Sources
- Central Election Commission of Ukraine: Local elections of 25 October 2020: elected deputies of local councils by region and type of council (summary), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 9880a12a9e2c…)
- Ministry of Finance of Ukraine: Open Budget public API (localBudgetData): revenue of the consolidated budgets of each oblast, Kyiv and the largest city communities in 2024 and 2025, and their 2025 spending plans by function (saved API responses, one CSV per budget and query), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 8a856cffe239…)
- Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (Government portal): Heads of the oblast and Kyiv city state administrations, read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 9595360920e7…)
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