# Volodin becomes first State Duma speaker to serve more than two terms

https://mins.news/en/item/80021

- TASS, 2026-09-30 09:54 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2194981

> Vyacheslav Volodin was elected speaker at the first plenary session of Russia’s ninth State Duma after being nominated by United Russia. He received 406 of 442 votes, having previously led the seventh and eighth Dumas and becoming the first speaker to serve more than two consecutive terms.

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