Public Authorities
The governor of Belgorod Oblast, Yevgeny Savchenko, was first appointed to this position in 1993 and subsequently re-elected in 1995, 1999, 2003, and 2007. In the 1999 election, his rival was Vladimir Zhirinovsky.
On October 16, 2005, elections to the Oblast Duma were conducted. The United Russia Party has won 20 out of 35 seats, 4 seats were won by the Communist Party, 2 by the LDPR, and 1 by the Rodina party.
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