Vyacheslav Volodin
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).
Vyacheslav Volodin | |
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Вячеслав Володин | |
Official portrait, 2021 | |
| Chairman of the State Duma | |
| Assumed office 5 October 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Sergey Naryshkin |
| Member of the State Duma from Saratov Oblast's Party List | |
| Assumed office 5 October 2016 | |
| In office 29 December 2003 – 21 October 2010 | |
| Member of the State Duma from Saratov Oblast's Balakovo constituency | |
| In office 19 December 1999 – 29 December 2003 | |
| First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration of Russia | |
| In office 27 December 2011 – 5 October 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Vladislav Surkov |
| Succeeded by | Sergey Kiriyenko |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Russia — Head of the Government Executive Office | |
| In office 21 October 2010 – 27 December 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Sergey Sobyanin |
| Succeeded by | Anton Vaino |
| Parliamentary leader of Fatherland – All Russia | |
| In office 2001–2003 | |
| Preceded by | Yevgeny Primakov |
| Succeeded by | Boris Gryzlov (as Parliamentary leader of United Russia) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Vyacheslav Viktorovich Volodin Вячеслав Викторович Володин 4 February 1964 Alexeyevka, Khvalynsky District, Saratov Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | United Russia |
| Other political affiliations | Fatherland – All Russia |
| Alma mater | Saratov State Agrarian University Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration |
| Profession | Doctor of law |
| Website | vvolodin.ru |
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. He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation. Volodin engineered Putin's conservative turn in his third term. He is part of Putin's inner circle.