Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership      
Parliament of Russia Independent 26.12.91 (Female suffrage 1917)

Also see Russia Ministers

Till 1992 Supreme Soviet

Afterwards State Duma = Gosudarstrennaia Duma and Federation Council = Fedreahoe Sobranie or Soviet Federastii

Circa 1959-63 Member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet M.D. Nartakova

Circa 1959-63 Member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet Lidia P. Lykova

1962-69 Vice-Chairperson of the Supreme Soviet Rosa El’darova
President of the Republic of Turkmenistan 1989

1963-74 Vice-Chairperson of the Supreme Soviet Tamara Khetagerova

1963-74 Vice-Chairperson of the Supreme Soviet Aleksandra Oucinnikova

1963-? Member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet M.M. Zuyeva

1967-85 Deputy Chairperson of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet Olga P. Kolchin

1975-circa 78 Vice-Chairperson of the Supreme Soviet Elena Amosova

1975-89 Vice-Chairperson of the Supreme Soviet Taisia N. Mamaeva

1984-89 Vice-Chairperson of the Supreme Soviet E.N. Gorskova

1990-92 1. Vice-Chairperson of the Supreme Soviet Svetlana Petrovna Goyachaeva
1996-99 Vice-Chairperson of the Supreme Soviet  of the State Duma

1994-circa 95 Deputy Speaker of the State Duma Alvtina Fedulova
Parliamentary Leader of the Women’s Party

1999-2000 Deputy Speaker of the State Duma Lyubov Konstantinovna Sliska
2000-07 1. Deputy Speaker
2007- Deputy Speaker
Deputy Chairperson of the Saratov Regional Government 1998-99. (b. 1953-).

2000-03 Deputy Speaker of the State Duma Irina Mutsovna Khakamada
Former Minister, party-leader and in 2004 Presidential Candidate. (b. 1955-).

2004-13 Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council Svetlana Orlova
Acting Governor of Vladimir Oblast from 2013.

2007- Deputy Speaker of the State Duma Svetlana Sergeevna Zhurova
Former olympic skater.

2009- Deputy Speaker of the State Duma Nadezhda Vasilievna Gerasimova

2011- Chairperson of the Federation Council Valentina Ivanovna Matviyenko
Member of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR and Chairperson of the Committee of Women’s, Family and Children’s Issues and Member of the Presidium 1989-91, Soviet Ambassador to Malta 1991 and 1994-97 and to Greece 1997-98 for Russia. Former head of the Foreign Ministry’s Department in charge of relations with Russian Regions, Vice-Premier 1998-2003, Presidential Plenipotentiary Representative to North-West Russia 2003 and Governor of St. Petersborg 2003-11. (b. 1949)