{{Short description|Russian politician}} {{Family name hatnote|Ernstovich|Goldshteyn|lang=Eastern Slavic}} {{Multiple issues| {{Expand Russian|date=April 2021|topic=bio}} {{BLP sources|date=September 2025}} }} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Rostislav Goldshteyn | native_name = {{nobold|Ростислав Гольдштейн}} | image = Rostislav Goldstein (2025-08-19) 3.jpg | caption = Goldshteyn in 2025 | office = Head of the Komi Republic | term_start = 30 September 2025{{efn|Acting: 5 November 2024 – 30 September 2025}} | term_end = | predecessor = Vladimir Uyba | successor = | office1 = 4th Governor of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast | term_start1 = 12 December 2019 | term_end1 = 5 November 2024{{efn|Acting: 12 December 2019 – 22 September 2020}} | predecessor1 = Alexander Levintal | successor1 = Maria Kostyuk | 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 | predecessor3 = | successor3 = | birth_name = Rostislav Ernstovich Goldshteyn | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|03|15|df=y}} | birth_place = Selizharovo, Kalinin Oblast, RSFSR, Soviet Union | alma_mater = Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration | party = United Russia | profession = | children = }}
'''Rostislav Ernstovich Goldshteyn''' ({{langx|ru|Ростислав Эрнстович Гольдштейн}}; born 15 March 1969) is a Russian politician serving as Head of the Komi Republic since September 2025. He has previously served as the Governor of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast from 2019 to 2024, having served his first year in acting capacity.{{citation needed|date=September 2025}} He is a member of the ruling United Russia party.
== Career == In 2003 and 2007 he was elected to the State Council of the Komi Republic.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2024-11-05 |title=Чем известен Ростислав Гольдштейн |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/7282638 |access-date=2025-03-01 |website=Коммерсантъ |language=ru}}</ref>
In 2007 he participated in the elections to the State Duma on the regional list of United Russia, but did not enter parliament.<ref name=":0" />
Since 2008 he has been deputy head of the State Duma Committee on Problems of the North and the Far East.<ref name=":0" />
In 2011 he was elected a deputy of the State Duma of the VI convocation. He became Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Regional Policy and Problems of the North and the Far East.<ref name=":0" />
In 2019-2024 he headed the Jewish Autonomous Oblast (JAO).<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Гольдштейн, Ростислав Эрнстович |url=https://tass.ru/encyclopedia/person/goldshteyn-rostislav-ernstovich |access-date=2025-03-01 |website=ТАСС |language=ru}}</ref>
On 12 December 2019, by decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Rostislav Goldshteyn was appointed acting Governor of the JAO. On 13 September 2020 he was elected Governor of the Jewish Autonomous Region in direct elections.<ref name=":1" />
On 5 November 2024, Goldshteyn was appointed as acting Head of the Komi Republic by President Vladimir Putin.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/11/05/putin-sacks-scandal-ridden-head-of-komi-republic-amid-regional-shake-up-a86907 |title=Putin Sacks Scandal-Ridden Head of Komi Republic Amid Regional Shake-Up |date=5 November 2024 |work=The Moscow Times |access-date=5 November 2024}}</ref><ref name=":1" />
== Personal life == Goldshteyn was born on 15 March 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.{{citation needed|date=September 2025}}
In 1990 he got married. Since the beginning of the 1990s, together with his wife, he was engaged in private business.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Единая Россия — Республика Коми {{!}}{{!}} Главная |url=https://www.edinroskomi.ru/?pb49a404f5ec8a8 |access-date=2025-03-01 |website=www.edinroskomi.ru |language=ru}}</ref> In 1995 he graduated from the Academy of Economics and Law (Ryazan) with a degree in Administrative Law and Economics.{{citation needed|date=September 2025}} In 2001-2004, he was the general director of the Goldshteyn Trading House.{{citation needed|date=September 2025}}
Goldshteyn is a candidate for the Master of Sports in boxing.<ref name=":0" />
== Awards == * Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class<ref name=":0" /> * Letter of Gratitude from the President of the Russian Federation
== Notes == {{Notelist}}
== References == {{Reflist}} {{Current heads of federal subjects of Russia}} {{Heads of the Komi Republic}}
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