Vyacheslav Volodin

Vyacheslav Viktorovich Volodin (Russian: Вячесла́в Ви́кторович Воло́дин; born 4 February 1964) is a Russian politician. He is the 10th Chairman of the State Duma since 5 October 2016.^[1]

MP Vyacheslav Volodin
Вячеслaв Волoдин
10th Chairman of the State Duma
Preceded by	Sergey Naryshkin
Succeeded by	Sergey Kiriyenko
Deputy of the State Duma
Preceded by	Vladislav Surkov
First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration of Russia
Preceded by	Sergey Sobyanin
Succeeded by	Anton Vaino
Deputy Prime Minister of Russia — Head of the Government Executive Office
Preceded by	Yevgeny Primakov
Succeeded by	Boris Gryzlov (as Parliamentary leader of United Russia)
Parliamentary leader of Fatherland – All Russia
Personal details
Born	Vyacheslav Viktorovich Volodin Вячеслав Викторович Володин (1964-02-04) 4 February 1964 (age 61) Alexeyevka, Khvalynsky District, Saratov Oblast, Russian SFSR, 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
Occupation	Doctor of law
Signature
Website	vvolodin.ru

Career

Volodin was Vladimir Putin's aide. He was the Secretary-General of the United Russia party. He was also a deputy in the State Duma from 1999-2001.

From 2010 until 2012, he was Deputy Prime Minister of Russia. He was also a first deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration of Russia. He also helped in Putin's third term.

Russian President Vladimir Putin awarding Vyacheslav Volodin the Order "For Services to the Fatherland" in April 2006