Women at the head of the legislative assemblies After the elections in September, there were more women among the speakers of the regional parliaments. This year, legislative assemblies were elected in 39 regions. Women now head 5 of these 39 parliaments, compared to two before the election. Four new speakers. In Karelia, the parliament was chaired by Larisa Podsednik, in the Amur region by Yekaterina Sanzhko, in the Stavropol Territory by Lyubov Makowskaya, in the Samara region by Yekaterina Kuzmacheva. Makovsky and Kuzmicheva became the first women speakers in the history of their regions. Another woman, Oksana Kozlovskya, has retained the post of Speaker of the Legislative Duma of the Tomsk Region: she has led it since 2011, the fourth consecutive convocation. New speakers have different paths. Three of the four new speakers came from the executive branch: Podsednyk was the deputy prime minister of Karelia, Snizhko was the deputy chief of staff of the governor and government of the Amur region, and Makovskaya was the deputy chief of staff of the government of the Stavropol Territory. Kuzmacheva, on the contrary, spent her entire career in legislative bodies: she was a deputy in the State Duma, then deputy chairman and leader of the United Russia faction in the Samara provincial Duma. Now women head 11 out of 89 regional parliaments, that's about 12%. For comparison, in the State Duma of the 9th Congress, women occupied a record 17.8% of the seats (80 out of 450). Among the speakers, their share is still lower than among the deputies, but a positive trend is already evident.

Women at the head of the legislative assemblies After the elections in September, there were more women among the speakers of the regional parliaments. This year, legislative assemblies were elected in 39 regions. Women now head 5 of these 39 parliaments, compared to two before the election. Four new speakers. In Karelia, the parliament was chaired by Larisa Podsednik, in the Amur region by Yekaterina Sanzhko, in the Stavropol Territory by Lyubov Makowskaya, in the Samara region by Yekaterina Kuzmacheva. Makovsky and Kuzmicheva became the first women speakers in the history of their regions. Another woman, Oksana Kozlovskya, has retained the post of Speaker of the Legislative Duma of the Tomsk Region: she has led it since 2011, the fourth consecutive convocation. New speakers have different paths. Three of the four new speakers came from the executive branch: Podsednyk was the deputy prime minister of Karelia, Snizhko was the deputy chief of staff of the governor and government of the Amur region, and Makovskaya was the deputy chief of staff of the government of the Stavropol Territory. Kuzmacheva, on the contrary, spent her entire career in legislative bodies: she was a deputy in the State Duma, then deputy chairman and leader of the United Russia faction in the Samara provincial Duma. Now women head 11 out of 89 regional parliaments, that's about 12%. For comparison, in the State Duma of the 9th Congress, women occupied a record 17.8% of the seats (80 out of 450). Among the speakers, their share is still lower than among the deputies, but a positive trend is already evident.