Russian Federation
Data on women
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Basic information > About parliament
Speaker
Speaker
Vyacheslav
Volodin
(Male)
Year of birth
1964
Additional information
Elected on 5 Oct. 2016, re-elected on 12 Oct. 2021.
Secretary general
Secretary General
Tatiana
Voronova
(Female)
Notes
Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Appointed on 22 Oct. 2016.
Members
Current number of members, by sex
Men
The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Women
The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Percentage of women
Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
Age
Average age of all members
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
53.10
Youngest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member
Georgiy Konstantinovich Arapov (Male)
Oldest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
84
Oldest member
Valentina Tereshkova (Female)
Total number of MPs, 45 years of age or younger
Total number of MPs, 46 years of age or older
Total per sex
Total of male
Total of female
Total per age interval
31-40
41-45
46-50
51-60
61-70
71-80
91 and over
Number of members, by age
18 - 20 | 21 - 30 | 31 - 40 | 41 - 45 | 46 - 50 | 51 - 60 | 61 - 70 | 71 - 80 | 81 - 90 | 91 and over | Totals per gender | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Totals per age interval | 0 | 8 | 58 | 55 | 73 | 141 | 83 | 26 | 4 | 0 | |
Total <= 45: 121 | Total >= 46: 327 | ||||||||||
Male | 0 | 7 | 44 | 45 | 64 | 120 | 70 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 374 |
Female | 0 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 74 |
Reserved seats and quotas
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Elections > Election results
Results
Members elected, by sex
Number of men elected
377
Number of women elected
73
Percentage of women elected
The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of women elected in the election and the number of seats at stake at the election.
16.22%
Number of women after election or renewal, by mode of designation
Women Directly Elected
73
New legislature
Total number of men after the election
The total number of male parliamentarians in this parliament/chamber following the election or renewal, regardless of their modes of designation.
377
Total number of women after the election
The total number of female parliamentarians in this parliament/chamber following the election or renewal, regardless of their modes of designation.
73
First Speaker of the new legislature
First Speaker of the new legislature
First name of the Speaker of the new legislature following the election or renewal.
Vyacheslav
Volodin
(Male)
Political party
United Russia
Date of election
12.10.2021
Elections > Historical data on women
Women's suffrage
Date of independence
For countries that become independent after 1940
1990
Women’s right to vote
Women’s right to vote
Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1918
National or local
Suffrage: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage
Suffrage: Restricted or Universal
Universal
Notes
Suffrage: Additional Notes on right of suffrage
Provisional Government ratified the Official Clause about the elections to the constituent Assembly of Russia. The Constitution of 1918, after the Revolution, confirmed the right to vote and to stand for elections.
Women’s right to stand for election
Women's right to stand for election
Year in which women obtained the right to stand for election
1918
National or local
Stand for Election: National or Local
National
Notes
Stand for Election: Additional Notes on right to stand for election
Provisional Government ratified the Official Clause about the elections to the constituent Assembly of Russia. The Constitution of 1918, after the Revolution, confirmed the right to vote and to stand for elections.
First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament
Year in which first woman entered parliament
1922
First woman speaker
Year of first woman speaker
Date at which, for the first time in the country's parliamentary history, a woman became Presiding Officer of Parliament or of one of its Houses.
2011
Specialized body - Women's caucus
Club of Women Parliamentarians
(May 2019)
Formal or informal
Informal
The caucus is open to male MPs
No
The caucus is cross-party
Yes
Notes
The Forum welcomes women parliamentarians of different government authorities i.e. local governments’ representatives, Federal-level politicians etc. Clubs of women parliamentarians are be created in the regions of Russia.
Ms. Valentina Matvienko, Speaker of the Federation Council, supported the establishment of the Club of Women Parliamentarians at the 458th plenary session of the Federation Council, held May 22, 2019 -- an idea put forward by female members from both chambers. The idea to do so sprung from a May 20, 2019 women's business forum "Business spring" organized by the regional branch of the Association of women entrepreneurs of Russia and the Government of the Orenburg region. The Forum brought together nearly 1000 business women who discussed the problems of success and failure in business, the development of socially oriented business, export issues, women's access to resources, Finance, markets, mentoring and transfer of experience in the women's community.
Ms. Valentina Matvienko, Speaker of the Federation Council, supported the establishment of the Club of Women Parliamentarians at the 458th plenary session of the Federation Council, held May 22, 2019 -- an idea put forward by female members from both chambers. The idea to do so sprung from a May 20, 2019 women's business forum "Business spring" organized by the regional branch of the Association of women entrepreneurs of Russia and the Government of the Orenburg region. The Forum brought together nearly 1000 business women who discussed the problems of success and failure in business, the development of socially oriented business, export issues, women's access to resources, Finance, markets, mentoring and transfer of experience in the women's community.
Activities
Issues dealt with by the caucus
Platform to solve problems, exchange experience and ideas among participants and promote the women's agenda in the country.
Contact information for the Committee
E-mail