List of chairmen of the Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia explained

The chairman of the Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia is the presiding officer of that legislature.

It was preceded by the Supreme Soviet.

Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (from 1991: The Republic of Karelia)

1994-2002 the legislature was bicameral.

Chairmen of the Chamber of the Republic of the Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia

Name	Period
Ivan Alexandrov	May 17, 1994–January 17, 1998
Natalia Kotsyuba	April 26, 1998 - January 13, 2000
Vladimir Shilnikov	January 13, 2000 - May 14, 2002

Chairmen of the Chamber of Representatives of the Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia

Name	Period
Valentina Pivnenko	May 17, 1994 - February 2000
Nikolay Levin	February 2000 - May 14, 2002

Chairmen of the Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia

Name	Period
Nikolay Levin	May 14, 2002 - July 10, 2009
Alexander Pereplesnin	July 10, 2009 - December 4, 2011
Vladimir Semenov	December 4, 2011 - October 6, 2016
Elissan Shandalovich	October 6, 2016 - Present

Sources

• https://web.archive.org/web/20180220151845/http://www.knowbysight.info/1_RSFSR/08389.asp
• The official website of the Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia