Rostislav Goldstein

Rostislav Ernstovich Goldstein (Ростислав Эрнстович Гольдштейн; born 15 March 1969) is a Russian politician who is the Governor of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast since 2019, having served his first year in acting capacity. He is a member of the ruling United Russia party.

Personal life
Goldstein was born on March 15, 1969, in the Tver region of Russia. 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. 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.