Valentina Matviyenko (Romanov World)

Valentina Ivanovna Matviyenko (born 7 April 1949) is a Soviet politician who has served as Chairwoman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet since 2011.

Matviyenko served as First Secretary of the Leningrad Regional Party Committee from 1996 until 2011. She was elected to the Central Committee of the CPSU at the 29th Party Congress in 1996. She became a candidate member of the Politburo in 2001 and a full member in 2006.