Vyacheslav Volodin

Vyacheslav Volodin
Вячеслав Володин
Vyacheslav Volodin in 2024
Chairman of the State Duma
Assumed office
5 October 2016
Preceded bySergey Naryshkin
Member of the State Duma for Saratov Oblast
Assumed office
12 October 2021
Preceded byOlga Alimova
ConstituencySaratov (No. 163)
In office
29 December 2003 – 24 December 2007
Preceded byNikolay Sukhoy
Succeeded byconstituencies abolished
ConstituencyBalakovo (No. 156)
Member of the State Duma (Party List Seat)
In office
5 October 2016 – 12 October 2021
In office
24 December 2007 – 21 December 2011
In office
18 January 2000 – 29 December 2003
First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration of Russia
In office
27 December 2011 – 5 October 2016
Preceded byVladislav Surkov
Succeeded bySergey Kiriyenko
Deputy Prime Minister of Russia — Head of the Government Executive Office
In office
21 October 2010 – 27 December 2011
Preceded bySergey Sobyanin
Succeeded byAnton Vaino
Parliamentary leader of Fatherland – All Russia
In office
2001–2003
Preceded byYevgeny Primakov
Succeeded byBoris Gryzlov (as Parliamentary leader of United Russia)
Personal details
Born (1964-02-04) 4 February 1964 (age 60)
Alexeyevka, Khvalynsky District, Saratov Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Political partyUnited Russia
Other political
affiliations
Fatherland – All Russia
Alma materSaratov State Agrarian University
Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
ProfessionLaywer
Websitevvolodin.ru

Vyacheslav Viktorovich Volodin (Russian: Вячеслав Викторович Володин, Russian pronunciation: [vʲɪt͡ɕɪsˈɫaf ˈvʲiktərəvit͡ɕ vɐˈɫodʲin] ; born 4 February 1964) is a Russian politician who currently serves as the 10th Chairman of the State Duma (since 5 October 2016).

He is a former aide to President Vladimir Putin. The former Secretary-General of the United Russia party, he was a deputy in the State Duma from 1999 until 2011 and from 2016 to present day. From 2010 until 2012, he was Deputy Prime Minister of Russia. He is also a former first deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration of Russia.[1] He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.[2] Volodin engineered Putin's conservative turn in his third term.[3] He is part of Putin's inner circle.[4][5]

  1. ^ Vyacheslav Volodin. themoscowtimes.com (accessed 14 October 2015)
  2. ^ "О присвоении классного чина государственной гражданской службы Российской Федерации Володину В.В.". Decree No. 83 of 19 January 2012 (in Russian). President of Russia.
  3. ^ "Cluster bomb: How Russia is ruled". The Economist. 6 April 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Russia's Vladimir Putin Reshuffles Inner Circle". Courthouse News Service. 23 September 2016.
  5. ^ Langton, James (15 March 2022). "Meet Russia's siloviki — Putin's inner circle". The National.