Vyacheslav Volodin
Vyacheslav Volodin | |
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| Вячеслав Володин | |
Volodin in 2024 | |
| Chairman of the State Duma | |
| Assumed office 5 October 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Sergey Naryshkin |
| Member of the State Duma for Saratov Oblast | |
| Assumed office 12 October 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Olga Alimova |
| Constituency | Saratov (No. 163) |
| In office 29 December 2003 – 24 December 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Nikolay Sukhoy |
| Succeeded by | Constituencies abolished |
| Constituency | Balakovo (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 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 | 4 February 1964 Alekseyevka, Saratov Oblast, 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 | Lawyer |
| Website | www |
Vyacheslav Viktorovich Volodin (Russian: Вячеслав Викторович Володин, IPA: [vʲɪtɕɪsˈlaf ˈvʲiktərəvʲɪtɕ vɐˈlodʲin]; born 4 February 1964) is a Russian politician who currently serves as the 10th Chairman of the State Duma since 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. 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 and is considered part of his inner circle.