List of Chairmen of the Federation Council (Russia)

This page contains the list of Chairmen of the Federation Council of Russia.

Since the office was created in 1994, 5 individuals, from 4 of the 85 federal subjects, have served as Chairman of the Federation Council. The numbers from each federal subjects are:

Despite the fact that on the Federation Council officially there is no division along party lines, the three Chairman were members of political parties.

The current Chairman is Valentina Matviyenko took office in 2011, becoming the first woman Chairman of the Federation Council.[1]

List

Portrait Name Took office Left office Party
1 Vladimir Shumeyko
from Kaliningrad Oblast
(1945–)
January 13, 1994 January 23, 1996 Independent
2 Yegor Stroyev
from Oryol Oblast
(1937–)
January 23, 1996 December 5, 2001 Independent
3 Sergey Mironov
from Saint Petersburg
(1953–)
December 5, 2001 May 18, 2011 Independent (2001 – 2002)

Russian Party of Life (2002 – 2006)

A Just Russia (since 2006)
Acting Chairman
Aleksander Torshin
from Mari El Republic
(1953–)
May 19, 2011 September 21, 2011 United Russia
4 Valentina Matviyenko
from Saint Petersburg
(1949–)
September 21, 2011 Incumbent United Russia

Chairmen by time in office

Rank Speaker Time in office No
1 Sergey Mironov 9 years, 164 days 3
2 Valentina Matviyenko 9 years, 126 days 4
3 Yegor Stroyev 5 years, 316 days 2
4 Vladimir Shumeyko 2 years, 10 days 1
5 Aleksander Torshin 126 days Acting

References

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