Vyacheslav
Volodin
Vyacheslav Victorovich
Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation (Elected in a single mandate electoral district № 164 – Saratov district, Saratov Oblast)
, nominated by the United Russia faction, was elected the Chairman of the State Duma of the eighth convocation.
360 out of 450 members of the State Duma, four out of five factions of the State Duma supported his candidacy.
Earlier, the Russian President Vladimir Putin endorsed the nomination of Vyacheslav Volodin as the Chairman of the State Duma.