2025 Jewish Autonomous Oblast gubernatorial election

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2025 Jewish Autonomous Oblast gubernatorial election
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 202014 September 20252030 

Governor before election

Maria Kostyuk (acting)
United Russia

Governor-elect

TBD
TBD

The 2025 Jewish Autonomous Oblast gubernatorial election will take place on 14 September 2025, on common election day. Acting Governor of Jewish Autonomous Oblast Maria Kostyuk is eligible to run for a full term in office.

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Background

Then-Federation Council member Rostislav Goldstein was appointed acting Governor of Jewish Autonomous Oblast in December 2019, replacing retiring first-term incumbent Alexander Levintal. [1] Golstein ran for a full term in 2020 and overwhelmingly won the election with 82.50% of the vote in absence of CPRF and LDPR candidates. [2]

On November 5, 2024, President of Russia Vladimir Putin appointed Goldstein acting Head of the Komi Republic, simultaneously he appointed Maria Kostyuk to replace Goldstein as Governor of Jewish Autonomous Oblast. [3] [4] Kostyuk previously worked as Goldstein's aide and regional official until 2023, when she moved to Moscow to work for "Defenders of the Fatherland" foundation and RANEPA as "Time of Heroes" training programme head. Kostyuk also became the first and only serving female Russian governor since the resignation of Natalya Komarova as Governor of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug in May 2024.

Candidates

In Jewish Autonomous Oblast candidates for Governor of Jewish Autonomous Oblast can be nominated only by registered political parties. Candidate for Governor of Jewish Autonomous Oblast should be a Russian citizen and at least 30 years old. Candidates for Governor of Jewish Autonomous Oblast should not have a foreign citizenship or residence permit. Each candidate in order to be registered is required to collect at least 7% of signatures of members and heads of municipalities. [5] Also gubernatorial candidates present 3 candidacies to the Federation Council and election winner later appoints one of the presented candidates.

Potential

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