The Governor of the

Jewish Autonomous Oblast The Jewish Autonomous Oblast (JAO; russian: Евре́йская автоно́мная о́бласть, (ЕАО); yi, ייִדישע אװטאָנאָמע געגנט, ; )In standard Yiddish: , ''Yidishe Oytonome Gegnt'' is a federal subject ...

(russian: Губернатор Еврейской автономной области) is the head of executive branch for the

, considered as Prime Minister of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast. The office of

Governor A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

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 Birobidzhan ( rus, Биробиджа́н, p=bʲɪrəbʲɪˈdʐan; yi, ביראָבידזשאַן, ''Birobidzhan'') is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town and the administrative center of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia, locat ...

. The current Governor is

Rostislav Goldstein Rostislav Ernstovich Goldstein (russian: Ростислав Эрнстович Гольдштейн, Rostislav Ernstovich Goldshteyn; born 15 March 1969) is a Russian politician who is the Governor of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast since 2019, h ...

. He was appointed as acting governor in December 2019 and elected by popular vote in September 2020 for full five-year term.

Governors

Chairmen of Executive Committee (before 1991)

# Iosif Liberberg (1934-1936) # Mikhail Kattel (1936-1937) # Miron Geller (1937-1938) (acting) # Nikolay Bigler (1938-1939) (acting) # 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

13 September 2015

External links

Government of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast
in Russian {{Governors of federal subjects of Russia Politics of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast

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