Governor of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast

{{Short description|Highest-ranking official in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia}}

{{Infobox Political post

| post = Governor

| body = the Jewish Autonomous Oblast

| insignia = Coat of arms of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast.svg

| insigniasize = 125px

| insigniacaption = Coat of arms of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast

| imagesize = 150px

| image = Maria Kostyuk, 2024.jpg

| incumbent = Maria Kostyuk

| incumbentsince = 5 November 2024

| acting = y

| style =

| termlength = Four years, renewable once

| residence = Birobidzhan

| formation = 1991

| inaugural = Nikolay Volkov

| website = [http://www.eao.ru/ Government of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast]

| status =

}}

The Governor of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast ({{langx|ru|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

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No.

! Image

! Governor

! Term of office

! colspan=2|Party

! Election

rowspan=2|1

| rowspan=2|80px

| rowspan=2|Nikolay Volkov
(born 1951)

| rowspan=2|14 December 1991 — 24 February 2010

|style="background: {{party color|Independent politician}};"|

|Independent

| rowspan=2|1996

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2000

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2005

style="background: {{party color|United Russia}};"|

| rowspan=7|United Russia

2

|80px

|Alexander Vinnikov
(born 1955)

|24 February 2010 — 24 February 2015

|style="background: {{party color|United Russia}};"|

|2010

|rowspan=2| 80px

|rowspan=2|Alexander Levintal
(born 1957)

|24 February 2015 — 22 September 2015

|rowspan=2; style="background: {{party color|United Russia}};"|

|rowspan=2|2015

3

|22 September 2015 — 12 December 2019

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|rowspan=2|Rostislav Goldstein
(born 1969)

|12 December 2019 — 22 September 2020

|rowspan=2; style="background: {{party color|United Russia}};"|

|rowspan=2|2020

4

|22 September 2020 — 5 November 2024

| 80px

| Maria Kostyuk
(born 1977)

|since 5 November 2024

|; style="background: {{party color|United Russia}};"|

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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 =

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!Candidates

!Party

!Votes

!%

Rostislav Goldstein

|self-nominated
(supported by United Russia)

|align=right|76,275

align=right|82.50
Vladimir Dudin

|A Just Russia

|align=right|6,533

align=right|7.07
Alexander Krupsky

|Communist Party of Social Justice

|align=right|3,957

align=right|4.28
Roman Kuzemsky

|Patriots of Russia

|align=right|1,171

align=right|1.27
Boris Tikhonov

|Rodina

|align=right|1,984

align=right|2.15

= 13 September 2015 =

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!Candidates

!Party

!Votes

!%

Vladimir Dudin

|A Just Russia

|align=right|895

align=right|2.14
Konstantin Lazarev

|Communist Party of the Russian Federation

|align=right|6,018

align=right|14.37
Alexander Levintal

|United Russia

|align=right|31,577

align=right|75.42
Pavel Malyshev

|Liberal Democratic Party of Russia

|align=right|1,633

align=right|3.90
Tatyana Odyriy

|Party of Pensioners' of Russia

|align=right|682

align=right|1.63