The Governor of Lipetsk Oblast (Russian: Губернатор Липецкой области) is the highest official of that region of Russia.

So, on 23 October, by the presidential decree, Gennady Kuptsov was appointed Head of Administration of Lipetsk Oblast.

In September 1994, the Moscow City Court overturned the president's decision, but Kuptsov was not reinstated in the administration, since the new governor had already been elected.

Unlike other leaders of Russian oblasts, Oleg Korolyov, elected in 1998,[1] did not support the usage of the word “governor”, keeping style himself as Head of Administration.

Despite the fact that Oleg Korolyov's second term was expected to end only in April 2007, in mid-May 2005 he prematurely resigned, and on May 24 Putin submitted his candidacy to the regional council.