Governor of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast

Governor of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast
Coat of arms of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast
since 5 November 2024
ResidenceBirobidzhan
Term lengthFour years, renewable once
Inaugural holderNikolay Volkov
Formation1991
WebsiteGovernment of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast

The Governor of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast (Russian: Губернатор Еврейской автономной области) is the head of executive branch for the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, considered as Prime Minister of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast.

The office of Governor is an elected position, for which elected officials serve four year terms. While individual politicians may serve as many terms as they can be elected to, Governors cannot be elected to more than two consecutive terms.

The official residence for the Governor is located in Birobidzhan. The current Governor is Rostislav Goldstein. He was appointed as acting governor in December 2019 and elected by popular vote in September 2020 for full five-year term.

Governors

No. Image Governor Term of office Party Election
1 Nikolay Volkov
(born 1951) 		14 December 1991 — 24 February 2010 Independent 1996

2000

2005

United Russia
2 Alexander Vinnikov
(born 1955) 		24 February 2010 — 24 February 2015 2010
— Alexander Levintal
(born 1957) 		24 February 2015 — 22 September 2015 2015
3 22 September 2015 — 12 December 2019
— Rostislav Goldstein
(born 1969) 		12 December 2019 — 22 September 2020 2020
4 22 September 2020 — 5 November 2024
— Maria Kostyuk
(born 1977) 		since 5 November 2024

Chairmen of Executive Committee (before 1991)

  1. Iosif Liberberg (1934–1936)
  2. Mikhail Kattel (1936–1937)
  3. Miron Geller (1937–1938) (acting)
  4. Nikolay Bigler (1938–1939) (acting)
  5. Mikhail Zilbershteyn (1940–1947)
  6. Mikhail Levitin (1947–1949)
  7. Lew Benkovich (1949–1955)
  8. F.T. Klimenko (1955–1961)
  9. Grigory Podgayev (1961–1962)
  10. Andrey Okovitov (1962–1971)
  11. Sergey Duvakin (1971–1985)
  12. Mark Kaufman (1985–1990)
  13. Boris Korsunsky (1990–1991)

Elections

13 September 2020

Candidates Party Votes %
Rostislav Goldstein self-nominated
(supported by United Russia) 		76,275 82.50
Vladimir Dudin A Just Russia 6,533 7.07
Alexander Krupsky Communist Party of Social Justice 3,957 4.28
Roman Kuzemsky Patriots of Russia 1,171 1.27
Boris Tikhonov Rodina 1,984 2.15

13 September 2015

Candidates Party Votes %
Vladimir Dudin A Just Russia 895 2.14
Konstantin Lazarev Communist Party of the Russian Federation 6,018 14.37
Alexander Levintal United Russia 31,577 75.42
Pavel Malyshev Liberal Democratic Party of Russia 1,633 3.90
Tatyana Odyriy Party of Pensioners' of Russia 682 1.63