Staņislavs Šķesters (born on December 17, 1958) is a Latvian engineer and politician.

He represents the political party Latvian Farmers' Union.

In 1982, Šķesters graduated from the Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies with a specialization in engineering and mechanics.

[8] In the 11th Saeima elections, he ran as the number one candidate on the Union of Greens and Farmers (ZZS) list in the Latgale district but was not elected, conceding to Rihards Eigims and Jānis Klaužs.

In February 2012, he was appointed as the Executive Director of the Zemgale Planning Region.