This article contains the list of chairmen of the State Duma of Russia.
The post of Chairman of the State Duma existed in Russia two times. First time in the Russian Empire from 1906 to 1917, during this period the post of Chairman was occupied by 5 people. The second time, in the Russian Federation since 1993.
By party affiliation are:
Current Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin was elected October 5, 2016 and re–elected October 12, 2021.[1]
| № | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Political Party | Duma | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Duma of the Russian Empire (1906–1917) | |||||||||||||||||
| align=center | 1 | align=center style="background: ;" | align=center | align=center | Sergey Muromtsev (1850–1910) | align=center | , 1906 | align=center | , 1906 | align=center | Constitutional Democratic Party | align=center style="background: ;" | align=center | 1st | |||
| align=center | 2 | align=center style="background: ;" | align=center | align=center | Fyodor Golovin (1867–1937) | align=center | , 1907 | align=center | , 1907 | align=center | Constitutional Democratic Party | align=center style="background: ;" | align=center | 2nd | |||
| align=center | 3 | align=center style="background: ;" | align=center | align=center | Nikolay Khomyakov (1850–1925) | align=center | , 1907 | align=center | , 1910 | align=center | Union of October 17 | align=center style="background: ;" | align=center rowspan="3" | 3rd | |||
| align=center | 4 | align=center style="background: ;" | align=center | align=center | Alexander Guchkov (1862–1936) | align=center | , 1910 | align=center | , 1911 | align=center | Union of October 17 | align=center style="background: ;" | |||||
| 5 | align=center rowspan="2" style="background: ;" | align=center rowspan="2" | align=center rowspan="2" | Mikhail Rodzianko (1852–1924) | align=center | , 1911 | align=center | , 1912 | align=center rowspan="2" | Union of October 17 | |||||||
| align=center | , 1912 | align=center | , 1917 | align=center | 4th | ||||||||||||
| State Duma of the Russian Federation (Since 1993) | |||||||||||||||||
| align=center | 6 | align=center style="background:;" | align=center | align=center | Ivan Rybkin (1946–) | align=center | January 14, 1994 | align=center | January 17, 1996 | align=center | Agrarian Party | align=center style="background:;" | align=center | 1st | |||
| align=center rowspan=3 | 7 | align=center rowspan=2 style="background: ;" | align=center rowspan="3" | align=center rowspan="3" | Gennady Seleznyov (1947–2015) | align=center | January 17, 1996 | align=center | January 18, 2000 | align=center rowspan=3 | Communist Party ↓ Non-partisan / Independent ↓ Non-partisan / Party of Russia's Rebirth | align=center style="background: ;" | align=center | 2nd | |||
| align=center rowspan=2 | January 18, 2000 | align=center rowspan=2 | December 29, 2003 | align=center style="background: ;" | align=center rowspan=2 | 3rd | |||||||||||
| align=center style="background: #00A1FF;" | align=center style="background: #00A1FF;" | ||||||||||||||||
| align=center rowspan=2 | 8 | align=center rowspan="2" style="background: ;" | align=center rowspan="2" | align=center rowspan="2" | Boris Gryzlov (1950–) | align=center | December 29, 2003 | align=center | December 24, 2007 | align=center rowspan="2" | United Russia | align=center rowspan="2" style="background: ;" | align=center | 4th | |||
| align=center | December 24, 2007 | align=center | December 21, 2011 | align=center | 5th | ||||||||||||
| align=center | 9 | align=center style="background: ;" | align=center | align=center | Sergey Naryshkin (1954–) | align=center | December 21, 2011 | align=center | October 5, 2016 | align=center | United Russia | align=center style="background: ;" | align=center | 6th | |||
| align=center rowspan=2 | 10 | align=center rowspan=2 style="background: ;" | align=center rowspan=2 | align=center rowspan=2 | Vyacheslav Volodin (1964–) | align=center | October 5, 2016 | align=center | October 12, 2021 | align=center rowspan=2 | United Russia | align=center rowspan=2 style="background: ;" | align=center | 7th | |||
| align=center | October 12, 2021 | align=center | Incumbent | align=center | 8th | ||||||||||||
| data-sort-type="number" | Rank | Speaker | Time in office | TE | data-sort-type="number" | No |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boris Gryzlov | 2 | 8 | |||
| 2 | Gennadiy Seleznyov | 2 | 7 | |||
| 3 | Vyacheslav Volodin | 2 | 10 | |||
| 4 | Mikhail Rodzianko | 2 | 5 | |||
| 5 | Sergey Naryshkin | 1 | 9 | |||
| 6 | Nikolay Khomyakov | 1 | 3 | |||
| 7 | Ivan Rybkin | 1 | 6 | |||
| 8 | Alexander Guchkov | 1 | 4 | |||
| 9 | Fyodor Golovin | 1 | 2 | |||
| 10 | Sergey Muromtsev | 1 | 1 |
Traditionally when a new Russian parliament is formed the eldest deputy opens the first session until a chairman or a speaker is elected. In 2021, Valentina Tereshkova became the first Mother of the house.
In the history of the post-Soviet Dumas these were:
| Year | Name | Born | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Georgy Lukava | 1925 | 68 | |
| 1996 | Grigory Galaziy | 1925 | 73 | |
| 2000 | Yegor Ligachev | 1920 | 79 | |
| 2003 | Valentin Varennikov | 1923[2] | 80 | |
| 2007 | Zhores Alferov | 1930[3] | 77 | |
| 2011 | Vladimir Dolgikh[4] | 1924 | 87 | |
| 2016 | Zhores Alferov[5] | 1930 | 86 | |
| 2021 | Valentina Tereshkova[6] | 1937 | 84 |