Editing Pskov Oblast (section)

==Politics==
[[File:Pskov asv07-2018 various13 House of Soviets.jpg|thumb|Seat of the Pskov Administration and parliament, House of the Soviets.]]

During the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] period, the high authority in the oblast was shared between three persons: the first secretary of the Pskov CPSU Committee (who in reality had the most authority), the chairman of the oblast Soviet (legislative power), and the Chairman of the oblast Executive Committee (executive power). Since 1991, CPSU lost all the power, and the head of the Oblast administration, and eventually the governor was appointed/elected alongside the elected [[Regional parliaments of Russia|regional parliament]].

The Charter of Pskov Oblast is the fundamental law of the region. The [[Pskov Oblast Assembly of Deputies]] is the province's standing legislative (representative) body. The Assembly exercises its authority by passing laws, resolutions, and other legal acts and by supervising the implementation and observance of the laws and other legal acts passed by it. The highest executive body is the Oblast Government, which includes territorial executive bodies such as district administrations, committees, and commissions that facilitate development and run the day to day matters of the province. The Oblast administration supports the activities of the Governor who is the highest official and acts as guarantor of the observance of the oblast Charter in accordance with the [[Constitution of Russia]].

Liya Milushkina, supporter of Alexey Navalny and former head of the regional [[Open Russia]] organisation, and her husband Artyom were convicted for sale of illegal drugs and sentenced to 10.5 and 11 years in prison respectively. They said that the drugs had been planted and the conviction was politically motivated.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shambilova |first1=Sasha |title=Экс‑главу «Открытой России» в Пскове Лию Милушкину приговорили к 10,5 года колонии по делу о наркотиках |url=https://tjournal.ru/news/423413-eks-glavu-otkrytoy-rossii-v-pskove-liyu-milushkinu-prigovorili-k-10-5-goda-kolonii-po-delu-o-narkotikah |access-date=13 August 2021 |publisher=TJournal |date=2021-08-12 |language=ru}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Двух активистов «Открытой России» в Пскове приговорили к 10,5 и 11 годам колонии по делу о наркотиках |url=https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2021/08/12/muzha-eks-glavy-otkrytoi-rossii-v-pskove-artema-milushkina-prigovorili-k-11-godam-kolonii-po-delu-o-narkotikakh-news |access-date=13 August 2021 |publisher=Новая Газета |date=2021-08-12 |language=ru}}</ref>

===First secretaries of the Pskov Oblast CPSU Committee===
In the period when they were the most important authority in the oblast (1944 to 1991), the following first secretaries were appointed,<ref name="list1">{{cite web|url=http://www.knowbysight.info/1_rsfsr/00165.asp|script-title=ru:Справочник по истории Коммунистической партии и Советского Союза 1898 - 1991|publisher=knowbysight.info|language=ru|access-date=15 August 2014}}</ref>
*1944-1949 Leonty Antyufeyev
*1949-1951 Gennady Shubin
*1951-1961 Mikhail Kanunnikov
*1961-1971 [[Ivan Gustov]]
*1971-1987 Alexey Rybakov
*1987-1988 Yury Pogorelov
*1988-1990 Alexey Ilyin
*1990-1991 Vladimir Nikitin

===Governors===
Since 1991, governors were sometimes appointed, and sometimes elected,<ref name="list2">{{cite web|url=http://www.protown.ru/russia/obl/articles/articles_266.html|script-title=ru:Губернаторы Псковской области|publisher=ProTown.ru|language=ru|access-date=10 May 2012}}</ref>
*1991-1992 [[Anatoly Dobryakov]], head of the administration, appointed
*1992-1996 [[Vladislav Tumanov]], head of the administration, appointed
*1996-2004 [[Yevgeny Mikhailov]], governor, elected
*2004-2009 [[Mikhail Varfolomeyevich Kuznetsov|Mikhail Kuznetsov]], governor, elected
*2009-2017 [[Andrey Turchak]], governor, appointed, elected<ref name="timeaban">Shuster, Simon (9 May 2011)[https://web.archive.org/web/20110512043949/http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2068398,00.html Abandon All Hope: The Russian Region that's Dying on Europe's Doorstep], ''[[Time (magazine)]]''</ref>
*2017-present [[Mikhail Vedernikov]], governor, elected<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/articles/2017/10/12/737598-turchak |script-title=ru:Губернатор Псковской области Андрей Турчак ушел в отставку |last=Наталья Райбман |author2= Светлана Бочарова |date=12 October 2017 |publisher= [[Vedomosti]] |language=ru |access-date= 13 October 2017}}</ref>