Legislative Assembly of Saint Petersburg
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Legislature
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body of Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
, a federal subject of Russia, which has existed since 1994 and succeeded the Leningrad Council of People Deputies (Lensovet). It is located in a historic building, Mariinsky Palace
Mariinsky Palace
Mariinsky Palace, also known as Marie Palace , was the last Neoclassical imperial palace to be constructed in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was built between 1839 and 1844 to a design by the court architect Andrei Stackensneider....
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According to the new federal legislation
Vladimir Putin legislation and program
During his presidency Vladimir Putin proposed 227 legislative acts of the Russian Federation .-Legislation proposed by Putin, approved by the Federal Assembly of Russia, and signed by Putin:-First term:...
, since 2005 the governor of Saint Petersburg (as well as heads of other federal subjects of Russia
Federal subjects of Russia
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) is proposed by the President of Russia and approved by the regional legislature. On December 20, 2006, incumbent Valentina Matviyenko
Valentina Matviyenko
Valentina Ivanovna Matviyenko , born 7 April 1949 in the Ukrainian SSR), is currently the highest-ranking female politician in Russia, the former governor of Saint Petersburg and the current Chairman of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation...
was approved governor with forty votes in favor and three votes against (Mikhail Amosov, Natalya Yevdokimova, and Sergey Gulyayev of the Democratic faction representing Yabloko
Yabloko
The Russian United Democratic Party "Yabloko" The Russian United Democratic Party "Yabloko" The Russian United Democratic Party "Yabloko" (Russian: Росси́йская объединённая демократи́ческая па́ртия «Я́блоко» Rossiyskaya obyedinyonnaya demokraticheskaya partiya "Yabloko"; is a Russian social...
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Election
The Assembly consists of fifty seats and is elected for a five-year term. The first three convocations were formed by a single-member district plurality voting systemPlurality voting system
The plurality voting system is a single-winner voting system often used to elect executive officers or to elect members of a legislative assembly which is based on single-member constituencies...
with at least 20% participation required (except for the 1994 elections with their changing participation threshold), two-round for the first and second convocations and single-round for the third one. On March 11, 2007, the fourth elections were held using a party-list proportional representation
Party-list proportional representation
Party-list proportional representation systems are a family of voting systems emphasizing proportional representation in elections in which multiple candidates are elected...
system with a 7-percent election threshold
Election threshold
In party-list proportional representation systems, an election threshold is a clause that stipulates that a party must receive a minimum percentage of votes, either nationally or within a particular district, to obtain any seats in the parliament...
and no required threshold of participation for the first time according to the new city law accepted by the third convocation of the assembly in 2006 http://www.assembly.spb.ru/manage/page?tid=633200065 and new federal legislation.
- Elections:
- 1st convocation: March 20–21/October 30/November 20, 1994 http://www.assembly.spb.ru/manage/page?tid=633200006&page=2&nd=458200054
- 2nd convocation: December 6/December 20, 1998
- 3rd convocation: December 8, 2002
- 4th convocation: March 11, 2007.
Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Saint Petersburg
| Name | Period | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st convocation | Yury Kravtsov | January 5, 1995–April 2, 1998, | Dismissed ahead of schedule |
| 1st convocation | Sergey Mironov Sergey Mironov Sergey Mikhailovich Mironov , is a former chairman of the Federation Council, the upper house of the Russian parliament and a leading figure in the A Just Russia party.- Biography :... |
April 2, 1998–1999 | Acting |
| 2nd convocation | Viktor Novosyolov | 1999 | Acting, assassinated on October 20, 1999 |
| 2nd convoation | Sergey Tarasov | June 7, 2000–January 15, 2003 | |
| 3rd and 4th convocations | Vadim Tyulpanov | January 15, 2003-Incumbent |
Representative to the Federation Council of Russia
Initially it was the speaker of the Assembly who served as member of the Federation Council of RussiaFederation Council of Russia
Federation Council of Russia ) is the upper house of the Federal Assembly of Russia , according to the 1993 Constitution of the Russian Federation...
representing the legislative power body of this federal subject. However, in 2000 the federal legislation changed
Vladimir Putin legislation and program
During his presidency Vladimir Putin proposed 227 legislative acts of the Russian Federation .-Legislation proposed by Putin, approved by the Federal Assembly of Russia, and signed by Putin:-First term:...
and the duties were delegated to a separate person to be elected by the regional legislature (not necessarily among its members). Since June 13, 2001, Sergey Mironov
Sergey Mironov
Sergey Mikhailovich Mironov , is a former chairman of the Federation Council, the upper house of the Russian parliament and a leading figure in the A Just Russia party.- Biography :...
has occupied this position until 18 may 2011.