State Assembly of the Mari El Republic
The State Assembly of Mari El (Template:Lang-mhr, Template:Lang-ru) is the legislature of that republic. It succeeded the Supreme Council and comprises 67 deputies elected for a period of four years. Fifty of them are elected from single-member constituencies from an equal number of voters, while seventeen are elected on basis of one deputy from each district and republican city.[1]
The State Assembly approves ministers, who are nominated by the republic's President.[2]
The presiding officer is the Chairman of the State Assembly.
Chairmen of the Supreme Council
| Name | Period |
|---|---|
| Grigory Posibeyev | April 26, 1990 – August 21, 1990 |
| Vladimir Zotin | August 22, 1990 – December 27, 1991 |
| Yury Minakov | December 27, 1991 – February 13, 1993 |
Chairmen of the State Assembly
| Name | Period |
|---|---|
| Anatoly Smirnov | January 6, 1994 – October 6, 1996 |
| Mikhail Zhukov | November 6, 1996 – October 8, 2000 |
| Yury Minakov | October 27, 2000 – October 10, 2004 November 4, 2004 – October 11, 2009 October 28, 2009-September 14, 2014 October 2, 2014–Incumbent |