Central Election Commission of Russia
- Central Election Commission of Russia
The Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation ( _ru. Центральная избирательная комиссия Российской Федерации (Центризбирком)) is the superior power body responsible for conducting federal elections and overseeing local elections in the Russian Federation founded in September 1993. It consists of 15 members. The President of Russia, State Duma and Federation Council of Russia each appoint five members. In turn, these members elect the Chairman, Deputy Chairman and Secretary. The Commission is in power for a four-year term.
On January 302007, amendments to the Russian election legislation, which would allow people without higher education in law to become members of the Central Election Commission ( [http://www.rg.ru/2007/02/02/referendum-prava-dok.html] ), were passed by the President of Russia. [ [http://www.kommersant.ru/doc.html?docId=735390 Центризбирком открыт для опытных неюристов] by Syuzanna Farizova, Viktor Khamrayev, Irina Nagornykh. Kommersant, January 202007.]
Chairpersons
*September 1993 - November 14 1996 - Nikolay Ryabov
*November 141996, - March 241999, - Alexander Ivanchenko
*March 241999, - March 262007, - Alexander Veshnyakov
*since March 262007, - Vladimir Churov
External links
* [http://www.cikrf.ru/cikrf/eng/ Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation website]
* [http://www.cikrf.ru Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation website]
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