Governor of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast

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Governor of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast
Coat of arms of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast.svg
Coat of arms of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast
Goldstein R.jpg
Incumbent
Rostislav Goldstein
since 22 September 2020
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. # Governor Party Term of office
Head of Administration of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast
1 1 Nikolay Volkov.jpg Nikolay Volkov
(b. 1951) 		Independent 14 December 1991 — 20 October 1996
Governors of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast
1 2 Nikolay Volkov.jpg Nikolay Volkov
(b. 1951) 		Our Home – Russia 20 October 1996 — 26 March 2000
3 Independent 26 March 2000 — 25 February 2005
4 United Russia 25 February 2005 — 24 February 2010
2 5 Alexander Vinnikov, April 2011.jpeg Alexander Vinnikov
(b. 1955) 		United Russia 24 February 2010 — 24 February 2015
3 Levintal.jpg Alexander Levintal
(b. 1957) 		United Russia 24 February — 22 September 2015
Acting
6 22 September 2015 — 12 December 2019
4 Goldstein R.jpg Rostislav Goldstein
(b. 1969) 		United Russia 12 December 2019 — 22 September 2020
Acting
7 since 22 September 2020

Chairmen of Executive Committee (before 1991)[]

  • Iosif Liberberg (1934-1936)
  • Mikhail Kattel (1936-1937)
  • Miron Geller (1937-1938) (acting)
  • Nikolay Bigler (1938-1939) (acting)
  • ? (1939-1940)
  • Mikhail Zilbershteyn (1940-1947)
  • Mikhail Levitin (1947-1949)
  • Lew Benkovich (1949-1955)
  • F.T. Klimenko (1955-1961)
  • Grigory Podgayev (1961-1962)
  • Andrey Okovitov (1962-1971)
  • Sergey Duvakin (1971-1985)
  • Mark Kaufman (1985-1990)
  • 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 682 1.63

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