Rostislav Ernstovich Goldstein (Russian: Ростислав Эрнстович Гольдштейн, romanized: Rostislav Ernstovich Goldshteyn; born 15 March 1969) is a Russian politician serving as the Acting Head of the Komi Republic since 2024. He has served as the Governor of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast from 2019 to 2024, having served his first year in acting capacity.^[1] He is a member of the ruling United Russia party.

In 2003 and 2007 he was elected to the State Council of the Komi Republic.^[2]

In 2007 he participated in the elections to the State Duma on the regional list of United Russia, but did not enter parliament.^[2]

Since 2008 he has been deputy head of the State Duma Committee on Problems of the North and the Far East.^[2]

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.^[2]

In 2019-2024 he headed the Jewish Autonomous Oblast (JAO).^[3]

On December 12, 2019, by decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Rostislav Goldstein was appointed acting Governor of the JAO. On September 13, 2020 he was elected Governor of the Jewish Autonomous Region in direct elections.^[3]

On November 5, 2024, Goldstein was appointed as acting Head of the Komi Republic by President Vladimir Putin.^[4][3]

Goldstein was born on March 15, 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.

In 1990 he got married. Since the beginning of the 1990s, together with his wife, he was engaged in private business.^[5] 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.

Goldstein is a candidate for the Master of Sports in boxing.^[2]

• Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 2nd degree^[2]