This article 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:
Despite the fact that on the Federation Council officially there is no division along party lines, the three Chairman were members of political parties.
The current Chairman is Valentina Matviyenko took office in 2011, becoming the first woman Chairman of the Federation Council.[1]
| № | Portrait | Name | Federal Subject | Took office | Left office | Party | |||||||||||
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| align=center | 1 | align=center style="background: ;" | align=center | align=center | Vladimir Shumeyko (1945–) | align=center | Kaliningrad Oblast | align=center | January 13, 1994 | align=center | January 23, 1996 | align=center | Independent | ||||
| align=center | 2 | align=center style="background: ;" | align=center | align=center | Yegor Stroyev (1937–) | align=center | Oryol Oblast | align=center | January 23, 1996 | align=center | December 5, 2001 | align=center | Independent | ||||
| 3 | align=center style="background: ;" | Sergey Mironov (1953–) | Saint Petersburg | December 5, 2001 | May 18, 2011 | Independent (2001 – 2002) ↓ Russian Party of Life (2002 – 2006) ↓ A Just Russia (since 2006) | align=center style="background: ;" | ||||||||||
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| align=center | – | align=center style="background: ;" | align=center | align=center | Acting Chairman Aleksander Torshin (1953–) | align=center | Mari El Republic | align=center | May 19, 2011 | align=center | September 21, 2011 | align=center | United Russia | ||||
| align=center | 4 | align=center style="background: ;" | align=center | align=center | Valentina Matviyenko (1949–) | align=center | Saint Petersburg | align=center | September 21, 2011 | align=center | Incumbent | align=center | United Russia | ||||
| data-sort-type="number" | Rank | Speaker | Time in office | data-sort-type="number" | No |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valentina Matviyenko | 4 | |||
| 2 | Sergey Mironov | 3 | |||
| 3 | Yegor Stroyev | 2 | |||
| 4 | Vladimir Shumeyko | 1 | |||
| 5 | Aleksander Torshin | Acting |