Roman Ivanovych Tovstyi (Ukrainian: Роман Іванович Товстий; born on 18 June 1979), is Ukrainian politician who had served as the acting Governor of Poltava Oblast 15 March to 11 June 2019.^[1][2]

Roman Tovstyi was born on 18 June 1979 in Reshetylivka, Poltava Oblast.

From July to August 1996, he was a handyman of the collective agricultural enterprise named after Gorky, Reshetylivka village, Poltava Oblast.

From September 1996 to June 1997, he was a student of Reshetyliv Vocational School 52 of Poltava region.

From September 1997 to June 2002 he was a student of Poltava State Pedagogical University named after VG Korolenko. In 2002, he graduated from Poltava National Pedagogical University named after Volodymyr Korolenko with a degree in pedagogy and methods of secondary education, history, geography, teacher of history and geography, organizer of local lore and tourism.

From June 2002 to April 2014 he was a private entrepreneur in Poltava.

From July 2011 to April 2014 he worked as a procurement manager for Kernel-Trade Limited Liability Company in Poltava.

Tovstyi was a candidate for People's Deputies from the UDAR party in the 2012 elections.^[3]

He was a member of the Poltava Oblast Council of the VII convocation.

Since April 2014, he was a Deputy Head of the Poltava Regional State Administration.

In 2017 he graduated from the National Academy of Public Administration under the President of Ukraine with a master's degree in social development management.

On 15 March 2019, Tovstyi was appointed the acting Governor of Poltava Oblast by President Petro Poroshenko.^[4] He was replaced by Oleh Pruhlo on 14 June.^[5][6]