Chairman of the State Duma
| Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Председатель Государственной Думы Российской Федерации | |
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State Duma (Elected by) |
| Term length | 5 years (without time limitations) |
| Formation | April 27, 1906 |
| First holder | Sergey Muromtsev |
| Website | Chairman of the State Duma (ru) |
The Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation (Russian: Председатель Государственной Думы Федерального собрания Российской Федерации), also called Speaker (спикер), is the presiding officer of the lower house of the Russian parliament. His responsibilities include overseeing the day-to-day business of the State Duma presiding and maintaining order at the regular sessions of the parliament. The Speaker also chairs the Council of the Duma which includes representatives from all the parliamentary parties and determines the legislative agenda.
The Speaker of the Duma may intervene and express his views but is supposed to be unbiased in his activities at the regular sessions of the parliament.
History
The position Chairman of the State Duma was established in 1906, when the State Duma of the Russian Empire was established. The first chairman was Sergey Muromtsev. This position existed for 11 years during which five people held this position. It was abolished together with the State Duma after the Russian Revolution.
It was restored after 76 years, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the constitutional crisis of 1993. The first Chairman of the State Duma after the restoration of the post was Ivan Rybkin.
Since January 1995, the speaker of the State Duma is also a member of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.
Current Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin was elected October 5, 2016.[1]
Election
According to the 101st article of the Russian Constitution[2] and the Regulations of the State Duma, the Chairman is elected from among its members by secret ballot, using ballot papers of the candidates who have the right to nominate deputy associations and deputies. State Duma may decide to hold an open vote.
List
| Colour key (for political parties) |
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| № | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Political Party | Duma | ||
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| State Duma of the Russian Empire (1906–1917) | ||||||||
| 1 |  |
Sergey Muromtsev (1850–1910) |
April 27, 1906 | July 8, 1906 | Constitutional Democratic Party | 1st | ||
| 2 |  |
Fyodor Golovin (1867–1937) |
February 20, 1907 | June 3, 1907 | Constitutional Democratic Party | 2nd | ||
| 3 |  |
Nikolay Khomyakov (1850–1925) |
November 1, 1907 | March 6, 1910 | Union of October 17 | 3rd | ||
| 4 |  |
Alexander Guchkov (1862–1936) |
March 10, 1910 | June 20, 1910 | Union of October 17 | |||
| October 29, 1910 | March 15, 1911 | |||||||
| 5 |  |
Mikhail Rodzianko (1852–1924) |
March 22, 1911 | June 9, 1912 | Union of October 17 | |||
| November 15, 1912 | October 6, 1917 | 4th | ||||||
| State Duma of the Russian Federation (Since 1993) | ||||||||
| 6 |  |
Ivan Rybkin (1946–) |
January 14, 1994 | January 17, 1996 | Agrarian Party | 1st | ||
| 7 |  |
Gennadiy Seleznyov (1947–2015) |
January 17, 1996 | January 18, 2000 | Communist Party (prior June 4, 2002) ↓ Non-partisan / Independent (June 4, 2002 - October 29, 2002) ↓ Non-partisan / Party of Russia's Rebirth (since October 29, 2002) |
2nd | ||
| January 18, 2000 | December 29, 2003 | 3rd | ||||||
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Boris Gryzlov (1950–) |
December 29, 2003 | December 24, 2007 | United Russia | 4th | ||
| December 24, 2007 | December 19, 2011 | 5th | ||||||
| 9 |  |
Sergey Naryshkin (1954–) |
December 21, 2011 | October 5, 2016 | United Russia | 6th | ||
| 10 |  |
Vyacheslav Volodin (1964–) |
October 5, 2016 | Incumbent | United Russia | 7th | ||
The Fathers of the house who started the new legislatures
Traditionally when a new Russian parliament is formed the eldest deputy opens and leads the first session until a chairman or a speaker is elected. In the history of the post-Soviet Dumas these were
| Year | Name | Born |
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| 1994 | Georgy Lukawa | 1924 |
| 1996 | Grigory Galaziy | 1925 |
| 2000 | Yegor Ligachev | 1920 |
| 2003 | Valentin Varennikov | 1923[3] |
| 2007 | Zhores Alferov | 1930[4] |
| 2011 | Vladimir Dolgikh[5] | 1924 |
| Zhores Alferov | 1930 | |
| 2016 | Zhores Alferov[6] | 1930 |
Living former Chairmans
As of December 2016, there are three living former Chairmans. The most recent death of a former Chairman was that of Gennadiy Seleznyov (1996–2003) on 19 July 2015, aged 67.
| Name | Term of office | Born |
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| Ivan Rybkin | 1994–1996 | 5 January 1946 |
| Boris Gryzlov | 2003–2011 | 15 December 1950 |
| Sergey Naryshkin | 2011–2016 | 27 October 1954 |
See also
References
- ↑ Вячеслава Володина избрали спикером Госдумы
- ↑ "Конституция Российской Федерации - Глава 5. Федеральное собрание. Статья 101". Администрация президента РФ. Retrieved 2016-07-08.
- ↑ Lenta.ru: Выборы: Первое заседание новой думы будет вести Егор Лигачев Archived September 14, 2005, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Преемники - 2008
- ↑ Euronews: Russia's State Duma began to work
- ↑ Первое заседание Госдумы откроет старейший депутат Жорес Алферов
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