| Post: | Governor |
| Body: | the Jewish Autonomous Oblast |
| Insignia: | Coat of arms of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 125px |
| Insigniacaption: | Coat of arms of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast |
| Incumbent: | Rostislav Goldstein |
| Incumbentsince: | 22 September 2020 |
| Termlength: | Four years, renewable once |
| Residence: | Birobidzhan |
| Formation: | 1991 |
| Inaugural: | Nikolay Volkov |
| Website: | Government of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast |
The Governor of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast (Russian: Губернатор Еврейской автономной области) is the head of executive branch for the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, considered as Prime Minister of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast.
The office of Governor 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. The current Governor is Rostislav Goldstein. He was appointed as acting governor in December 2019 and elected by popular vote in September 2020 for full five-year term.
| No. | Image | Governor | Term of office | Party | Election | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nikolay Volkov (born 1951) | 14 December 1991 — 24 February 2010 | Independent | 1996----2000----2005 | ||
| United Russia | ||||||
| 2 | Alexander Vinnikov (born 1955) | 24 February 2010 — 24 February 2015 | 2010 | |||
| — | Alexander Levintal (born 1957) | 24 February 2015 — 22 September 2015 | 2015 | |||
| 3 | 22 September 2015 — 12 December 2019 | |||||
| — | Rostislav Goldstein (born 1969) | 12 December 2019 — 22 September 2020 | 2020 | |||
| 4 | since 22 September 2020 | |||||
| Candidates | Party | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rostislav Goldstein | self-nominated (supported by United Russia) | 76,275 | 82.50 |
| Vladimir Dudin | A Just Russia | 6,533 | 7.07 |
| Alexander Krupsky | Communist Party of Social Justice | 3,957 | 4.28 |
| Roman Kuzemsky | Patriots of Russia | 1,171 | 1.27 |
| Boris Tikhonov | Rodina | 1,984 | 2.15 |
| Candidates | Party | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vladimir Dudin | A Just Russia | 895 | 2.14 |
| Konstantin Lazarev | Communist Party of the Russian Federation | 6,018 | 14.37 |
| Alexander Levintal | United Russia | 31,577 | 75.42 |
| Pavel Malyshev | Liberal Democratic Party of Russia | 1,633 | 3.90 |
| Tatyana Odyriy | Party of Pensioners' of Russia | 682 | 1.63 |