and Legal Affairs Committee on Defence and Security Budgetary Committee Committee on Financial Markets and Currency Circulation Foreign Affairs Committee Committee on the Commonwealth of Independent States Committee on Federal Affairs and Regional Policies Committee on Local Government Social Policy Committee Committee on Economic Policy, Business and Ownership Industrial Policy Committee Committee on Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Committee on Food and Agricultural Policies Committee for Science, Culture, Education, Public Health and Ecology Committee on Northern Territories and Indigenous Minorities Commission on Standing Orders and Parliamentary Performance Organisation Commission for the Council of Federation's Performance Maintenance Monitoring Commission on Ways and Means of the Council of Federation's Constitutional Powers Implementation Commission for Interaction with the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation Commission on Youth and Sports Commission on Information Policy Commission on Natural Monopolies Chairpeople of the Federation Council Vladimir Shumeyko 13 January 1994 - 23 January 1996 Yegor Stroyev 23 January 1996 - 5 December 2001 Sergey Mironov 5 December 2001 - 18 May 2011 Aleksander Torshin 19 May - 21 September 2011 (Acting) Valentina Matviyenko 21 September 2011 – present day Presidential Envoys to the Federation Council Aleksandr Yakovlev (18 February 1994, – 10 February 1996; as Presidential Envoy to the Federal Assembly) Anatoly Sliva (10 February 1996, – 27 October 1998) Yury Yarov (7 December 1998, – 13 April 1999) Vyacheslav Khizhnyakov (12 May 1999, – 5 April 2004) Alexander Kotenkov (5 April 2004, – 30 October 2013) Artur Muravyov (Since 30 October 2013) See also List of deputy chairmen of the Federation Council of Russia Politics of Russia Notes References McFaul, Michael. Russia's Unfinished Revolution. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 2001. Herspring, Dale R. Putin's Russia. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2005. External links Official Website of the Federation Council Official Website of the Federation Council Official Website of the Chairman of the Federation Council 1993 establishments in Russia Russia Federal Assembly (Russia)