Vyacheslav Viktorovich Volodin (Russian: ???????´? ?????????? ????´???; born 4 February 1964) is a Russian politician who has served as the 10th Chairman of the State Duma since 5 October 2016.
He is a former aide to President Vladimir Putin.
The former Secretary-General of the United Russia party, he was a deputy in the State Duma from 1999 until 2011 and from 2016 to present day.
From 2010 until 2012 he was Deputy Prime Minister of Russia.
He is also a former first deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration of Russia.
Volodin engineered Putin's conservative turn in his third term.