The Legislative Assembly of Tver Oblast (russian: Законодательное собрание Тверской области) is the
regional parliament of
Tver Oblast
Tver Oblast (russian: Тверска́я о́бласть, ''Tverskaya oblast'', ), from 1935 to 1990 known as Kalinin Oblast (), is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Tver. It was named after Mikhai ...
, a
federal subject of
Russia
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History
On 20 March 1994, the first Legislative Assembly, consisting of 32 deputies, was elected by direct popular vote. The first meeting was held on 31 March. The deputies adopted the Declaration, which proclaimed: "The Legislative Assembly exercises representative (legislative) power in Tver Oblast and is part of the system of state authorities."
On 14 December 1997, elections of the second Legislative Assembly took place in all 26 constituencies. 33 deputies were elected, of which seven were members of the first Assembly. On 29 November 1998, the Charter of Tver Oblast was adopted.
Composition
2016
2021
Chairmen
*Vladimir Kurbatov — 1st convocation — 1994–97
*Vyacheslav Mironov — 2nd convocation — 1997–2001
*Mark Hasainov — 3rd convocation — 2001–05
*Andrey Yepishin — 4th, 5th convocations — 2005–16
*Sergey Golubev — 6th, 7th convocations — from 2016
References
{{Regional parliaments of Russia
Tver Oblast
Tver Oblast (russian: Тверска́я о́бласть, ''Tverskaya oblast'', ), from 1935 to 1990 known as Kalinin Oblast (), is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Tver. It was named after Mikhai ...
Politics of Tver Oblast