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:

• One: Kaliningrad Oblast, Oryol Oblast and 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: Russian Party of Life and 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.

List

№		Portrait	Name	Senator from	Took office	Left office	Party
1	align=center style="background: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;"|		Vladimir Shumeyko (1945–)	Kaliningrad Oblast	January 13, 1994	January 23, 1996	Independent	style="background: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;"|
2	align=center style="background: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;"|		Yegor Stroyev (1937–)	Oryol Oblast	January 23, 1996	December 5, 2001	Independent	style="background: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;"|
3	align=center style="background: Template:Independent politician/meta/color;"|	File:S M Mironov.jpg	Sergey Mironov (1953–)	Saint Petersburg	December 5, 2001	May 18, 2011	Independnt (2001 – 2002) ↓ Russian Party of Life (2002 – 2006) ↓ A Just Russia (since 2006)	align=center style="background: Template:Independent politician/meta/color;"|
	align=center style="background: Template:A Just Russia/meta/color;"|							align=center style="background: Template:A Just Russia/meta/color;"|
–	align=center style="background: Template:United Russia/meta/color;"|		Aleksander Torshin (Acting Chairman) (1953–)	Mari El Republic	May 19, 2011	September 21, 2011	United Russia	style="background: Template:United Russia/meta/color;"|
4	align=center style="background: Template:United Russia/meta/color;"|		Valentina Matviyenko (1949–)	Saint Petersburg	September 21, 2011	Incumbent	United Russia	style="background: Template:United Russia/meta/color;"|

Chairmen by time in office

Rank	Speaker	Time in office	No
1	Sergey Mironov	9 years, 164 days	3
2	Valentina Matviyenko	12 years, 247 days	4
3	Yegor Stroyev	5 years, 316 days	2
4	Vladimir Shumeyko	2 years, 10 days	1
5	Aleksander Torshin	126 days	Acting