List of chairmen of the Federation Council (Russia)

This article 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:

• One:
  Mari El Republic
• Two: Saint Petersburg

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

• One:
  A Just Russia
• Two: United Russia
• Three: Independent

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

List

№		Portrait	Name	Federal Subject	Took office	Left office	Party
1			Vladimir Shumeyko (1945–)	Kaliningrad Oblast	January 13, 1994	January 23, 1996	Independent
2			Yegor Stroyev (1937–)	Oryol Oblast	January 23, 1996	December 5, 2001	Independent
3			Sergey Mironov (1953–)	Saint Petersburg	December 5, 2001	May 18, 2011	A Just Russia (since 2006)
–			Acting Chairman Aleksander Torshin (1953–)	Mari El Republic	May 19, 2011	September 21, 2011	United Russia
4			Valentina Matviyenko (1949–)	Saint Petersburg	September 21, 2011	Incumbent	United Russia

Chairmen by time in office

References