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Federation Council
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upper house of the Federal Assembly of Russia
Key facts
- Type
- Upper house of the Federal Assembly of Russia
- Founded
- 1993 ; 33 years ago ( 1993 )
- Preceded by
- Soviet of Nationalities , Constitutional Conference of Russia
- Chairwoman
- Valentina Matviyenko , United Russia , since 21 September 2011
- First deputy chairman
- Vladimir Yakushev , United Russia , since 25 September 2024
- Deputy chairman
- Andrey Yatskin , United Russia , since 23 September 2020
- Political groups
- United Russia (136) LDPR (3) CPRF (2) SRZP (1) Independent (34) Vacant seats (2)
- Length of term
- 5 years
- Voting system
- Indirect election
- Last election
- 12 December 1993 , (Formation process changed since December 1995, abolishing the elections)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- upper house
- Country
- Russia
- Chairperson
- Vladimir Shumeyko
- Official website
- www.council.gov.ru
- Image
- Pervoe zasedanie Soveta Federatsii 1994.jpg
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- Commons category
- Federation Council
- applies to jurisdiction
- Russia
- number of seats
- 200
- inception
- 1993-01-01
- topic's main category
- Category:Federation Council (Russia)
- social media followers
- 165843
- position held by head of the organization
- Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia
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Encyclopedic overview
Federation Council Building in 2017
The Federation Council, fully the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation and unofficially the Senate, is the upper house of the Federal Assembly of Russia, with the lower house being the State Duma. It was established by the Constitution of the Russian Federation in 1993.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Federation Council” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.