Duma of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug - Ugra

	Chairman of the Duma

The Duma of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug - Ugra was formed in accordance with Constitution of the Russian Federation.

Elections to the Duma were firstly held on March 6, 1994.

Sergey S. Sobyanin was elected the Duma Chairman at the first meeting. Legal basis formation was the key direction of state and municipal construction activity of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug - Ugra.

On April 6, 1995, Charter (Basic Law) of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug - Ugra was adopted. Laws about deputy's status, Accounting chamber, Governors evections, flag and symbol. status of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug - Ugra, general principles of regional self-government were adopted at the first convocation.

Elections to the Duma of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug - Ugra were held on October 27, 1996. Formation of legal basis for efficient nature management in environment protection, laws adoption on social and economic development of the region have become a significant achievement in lawmaking of this period. Segey S. Sobyanin was elected the Duma Chairman at the first meeting. Petr S. Volostigov was elected the first deputy Chairman, Lubov A. Chistova - deputy on social policy, Vasily S. Solndykov - deputy Chairman on issues of indigenous small-in-number peoples of the North.

In December 1996 Assembly of representatives indigenous small-in-number Northern peoples which actively participated in development and adoption of legal acts, laws and programs protecting Khanty and Mansi people.

On January 4, 2001 on the basis of Law "On elections of deputies of the Duma of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug" elections of the Duma third connovocation were held. On January 30, 2001 Vasily S. Solndykov was elected a Duma Chairman. Alexander V. Titov was elected the first deputy Chairman, Lubov A. Chistova and Eremei D. Aipin - deputies Chairman.

On March 12, 2006, elections to the Duma of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug - Ugra of the fourth convocation were firstly held on mixed elective system: regarding parties lists, constituencies and single 3-constituencies area.

Vasily S. Solndykov was elected a Chairman, Alexander I. Salnikov, Alexander N. Sidorov, Eremei D. Aipin - deputies Chairman.

Okrug Duma of the fourth convocation qualitatively differs from the previous: 28 people are its deputies. 22 deputies of political party "Edinaya Rossia" (United Russia) who are in the group "Edinaya Rossia" of the Okrug Duma, are the parliamentary majority. There are three deputies in the Assembly of indigenous peoples of the North, two represent LDPR, 2 - KPRF, 1- "Russian party of pensioners".