Rostislav Goldstein | |
Office: | Acting Head of the Komi Republic |
Term Start: | 5 November 2024 |
Predecessor: | Vladimir Uyba |
Term Start1: | 12 December 2019 |
Term End1: | 5 November 2024 |
Predecessor1: | Alexander Levintal |
Successor1: | Maria Kostyuk (acting) |
Office2: | Russian Federation Senator from the Jewish Autonomous Oblast |
Term Start2: | 22 September 2015 |
Term End2: | 23 December 2019 |
Predecessor2: | Nikolay Volkov |
Successor2: | Yuri Valyaev |
Office3: | Member of the State Duma |
Term Start3: | 2 December 2007 |
Term End3: | 22 September 2015 |
Birth Name: | Rostislav Ernstovich Goldstein |
Birth Date: | 15 March 1969 |
Birth Place: | Selizharovo, Kalinin Oblast, RSFSR, Soviet Union |
Party: | United Russia |
Footnotes: | a. |
Rostislav Ernstovich Goldstein (ru|Ростислав Эрнстович Гольдштейн|Rostislav Ernstovich Goldshteyn; born 15 March 1969) is a Russian politician serving as the Acting Head of the Komi Republic since 2024. He has previously served as the Governor of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast from 2019 to 2024, having served his first year in acting capacity.[1] He is a member of the ruling United Russia party.
Goldstein was born on March 15, 1969, in Tver Oblast. He spent his childhood in the island of Sakhalin. In 1986, he worked as a mechanic at the Sakhalin State District Power Plant. From 1987 to 1989, he served in the Russian Army, later returning to his previous job.
In 1990 he got married. Since the beginning of the 1990s, together with his wife, he was engaged in private business.[2] In 1995 he graduated from the Academy of Economics and Law (Ryazan) with a degree in Administrative Law and Economics. In 2001-2004, he was the general director of the Goldstein trading house.
On November 5, 2024, Goldstein was appointed as acting Head of the Komi Republic by President Vladimir Putin.[3]