Roman Starovoyt

Roman Starovoyt
Роман Старовойт
Starovoyt in 2018
Minister of Transport
In office
14 May 2024 – 7 July 2025
PresidentVladimir Putin
Prime MinisterMikhail Mishustin
Preceded byVitaly Savelyev
Succeeded byAndrey Nikitin
4th Governor of Kursk Oblast
In office
16 September 2019 – 14 May 2024
Acting: 11 October 2018 – 16 September 2019
Preceded byAlexander Mikhailov
Succeeded byAlexei Smirnov
Personal details
Born(1972-01-20)20 January 1972
Kursk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died7 July 2025(2025-07-07) (aged 53)
Razdory, Moscow Oblast, Russia
Cause of deathGunshot wound
PartyUnited Russia
Alma materBaltic State Technical University
Northwestern Management Institute
Moscow University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia
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Roman Vladimirovich Starovoyt (Russian: Роман Владимирович Старовойт; 20 January 1972 – 7 July 2025) was a Russian politician who served as Minister of Transport from May 2024 to July 2025. He had previously served as Governor of Kursk Oblast from 2019 to 2024, Deputy Minister of Transport, and the head of the Federal Road Agency in that ministry. He was a member of the United Russia party.

Starovoyt was dismissed from his position as transport minister on 7 July 2025, and was found dead from a gunshot wound in his car a few hours later.