High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky is the head of the executive branch of government in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Fifty-six men and one woman have served as Governor of Kentucky. The governor`s term is four years in length; since 1992, incumbents have been able to seek re-election once before becoming ineligible for four years. Throughout the state`s history, four men have served two non-consecutive terms as governor, and two others have served two consecutive terms. Kentucky is one of only five U.S. states that hold gubernatorial elections in odd-numbered years immediately before the United States Presidential Election. The current governor is Steve Beshear, who was first elected in 2007 and was re-elected in 2011. He will be sworn in for his second term on December 13, 2011 with that term set to expire in 2015. Beshear will then be term-limited for four years.