Maria Kostyuk was born in the urban locality of
Smidovich,
Jewish Autonomous Oblast, in 1977. In 2000, she graduated from the
Birobidzhan State Pedagogical Institute with degrees in
philology and
history. In 2013, she graduated from the Khabarovsk State University of Economics and Law with a degree in
public administration. From 2000-03, she worked at a Smidovich secondary school as a teacher and deputy head teacher. From July 2003 to September 2009 she served at the
Smidovichsky District administration. From 2009 to 2017 she has served at the
Birobidzhan city hall as head of department, deputy head of city hall and deputy mayor, contiguously. From 2017 to 2019, she served as assistant to the
Russian Federation Senator from Jewish Autonomous Oblast
Rostislav Goldstein. From 2019 to 2023, she served at the Jewish Autonomous Oblast government. She was a campaign of
Vladimir Putin during his
2024 presidential campaign. On November 5, 2024, following Governor Goldstein's resignation, President Putin appointed Kostyuk acting governor of Jewish Autonomous Oblast. ==References==