Roman Starovoyt

Roman Vladimirovich Starovoyt (Роман Владимирович Старовойт; born 20 January 1972) is a Russian politician serving as Minister of Transport since May 2024. He previously served as Governor of Kursk Oblast from 2019 to 2024, Deputy Minister of Transport, and the head of the Federal Road Agency in that ministry. He is member of United Russia party.

He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.

Biography
Starovoyt was born on 20 January 1972 in the city of Kursk. His father, Vladimir Aleksandrovich Starovoyt, worked at the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant. In 1974, his father was transferred to the Leningrad NPP, in the city of Sosnovy Bor, Leningrad Region, where Roman spent his childhood.

In 1995, he was the executive director of JSC Regional Investment Agency. In 1995–2001, Starovoyt was General Director of the asset management company NPF Promyshlenny. In 2002–2005, he was the owner and CEO of the construction company Stroyinvest.

From 2005 to 2007, he held the position of Head of the Investor Relations Department of the St. Petersburg Government Investment and Strategic Projects Committee. In 2007–2010, Starovoyt was First Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Investments and Strategic Projects of the Government of St. Petersburg. From 2010 to 2012, he was deputy director of the Department of Industry and Infrastructure of the Office of the Government of the Russian Federation.

From 22 November 2012 he was the head of the Federal Road Agency (Rosavtodor). From 1 October 2018 he was Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation.

On 11 October 2018, after the resignation of Alexander Mikhailov, he was appointed interim governor of the Kursk Oblast.

On the 2019 Unified Voting Day 8 September 2019, he won with a result of 81.07% in the first round of elections of the Governor of the Kursk Oblast. His term of office will end in 2024.

In 1995 he graduated from the D. F. Ustinov Baltic State Technical University, majoring in “Pulse heat engines”. In 2008, he graduated from the North-West Academy of Public Administration with a degree in State and Municipal Administration.

In 2012, at the Moscow University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, he defended his dissertation for the degree of candidate of pedagogical sciences on the topic "Innovative methodology for training athletes in winter polyathlon"

In 2019, he graduated from the program for the development of the personnel management reserve of the Higher School of Public Administration (ВШГУ) of the RANEPA.

On May 14 2024 he was appointed by President Vladimir Putin as Minister of Transport of Russia.