Chairman of the State Duma

Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation
Председатель Государственной Думы Российской Федерации
Emblem of the State Duma
Incumbent Vyacheslav Volodin since 5 October 2016
Appointer	State Duma
Term length	Five years, renewable
Formation	27 April 1906; 118 years ago (1906-04-27)
First holder	Sergey Muromtsev
Unofficial names	Speaker of the State Duma
Deputy	Deputy Chairman
Website	Chairman of the State Duma (ru)

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The Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation (Russian: Председатель Государственной Думы Федерального собрания Российской Федерации), also informally called Speaker (спикер), is the presiding officer of the lower house of the Russian parliament. It is the fourth highest position, after the President, the Prime Minister and the Chairman of the Federation Council, in the government of Russia. His responsibilities include overseeing the day-to-day business of the State Duma, presiding and maintaining order at the regular sessions of the parliament. The Speaker also chairs the Council of the Duma which includes representatives from all the parliamentary parties and determines the legislative agenda.

The Speaker of the Duma may intervene and express his views but is supposed to be unbiased in his activities at the regular sessions of the parliament.