Chairman of the Federation Council (Russia)

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Chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Председатель Совета Федерации Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации
Emblem of the Federation Council
Incumbent Valentina Matviyenko since 21 September 2011
Appointer	Federation Council
Term length	No term limit
Formation	13 January 1994; 30 years ago (1994-01-13)
First holder	Vladimir Shumeyko
Website	Federation Council

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The Chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation (Russian: Председатель Совета Федерации Федерального собрания Российской Федерации), also informally called Speaker (спикер), is the presiding officer of the Upper house of the Russian parliament. It is the third highest position, after the President and the Prime Minister, in the government of Russia. In the case of incapacity of the President and Prime Minister, the chairman of the Federation Council becomes Acting President of Russia.^[1][2]