Vyacheslav Volodin reelected speaker of the State Duma, Russia’s lower house, for third consecutive term
At the first plenary session of the ninth State Duma, lawmakers elected Vyacheslav Volodin to a third consecutive term as speaker.
At the ninth State Duma's inaugural session, lawmakers elected Vyacheslav Volodin for his third consecutive term as speaker. United Russia nominated him for the position. Out of 442 lawmakers, 406 cast their votes in favor. Volodin assumed the role of speaker in 2016, guiding both the seventh and eighth State Dumas. During the recent election, Volodin secured a seat in Russia's single-member Saratov electoral district.
He holds the distinction of being the inaugural State Duma speaker to oversee the lower house of parliament for over two consecutive terms.
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