The governor of Nenets Autonomous Okrug (Russian: Губернатор Ненецкого автономного округа) is the head of the executive branch of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, a federal subject of Russia located in the north-west of the country's European part.

On 30 November 1991, the first deputy Chairman of Naryan-Mar Executive Committee Yury Komarovsky was appointed Head of Administration of Nenets Autonomous Okrug by the decree of the President of Russia Boris Yeltsin.

The resignation was caused by a conflict with the Assembly of Deputies, which accused Komarovsky of misappropriating budget funds.

These were the last gubernatorial elections in Russia until October 2012 due to major legislation change imposed by president Vladimir Putin in late 2004.

As speaker Anatoly Myandin said,[3] "the abolition of direct elections for the governor and the transition to a new system will strengthen relations between the two regions.