This category brings together articles about the leaders of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast — from Soviet-era first secretaries of the regional party committee to present-day governors. Among the most notable figures are Nemtsov, who headed the region in the 1990s, Valery Shantsev, who governed the oblast for more than a decade, and the incumbent governor Gleb Nikitin. The general context of the office and its succession is set out in the article Governor (disambiguation).