Kamchatka Oblast was formed on 2 December 1849 with Major-General Vasily Zavoyko appointed as its first governor.

[5] After the Soviets came into power, elections were carried out to fill up the revolutionary legislative and executive committees.

During the Russian constitutional crisis of 1993, the legislative body of Russia was dissolved and power was decentralized to the individual federal subjects by a presidential decree (No.

It currently comprises 28 deputies, with 14 of them running in multi-seat constituencies and the other 14 in the single electoral district.

The executive branch is also known as the government of Kamchatka and is headed by the Governor, who is the highest ranking person in the krai.