title: State Assembly of the Mari El Republic
text: # State Assembly of the Mari El Republic
  
  The State Assembly of the Mari El Republic (Meadow Mari: Марий Эл Республикысе Кугыжаныш Погын; Russian: Государственное Собрание Республики Марий Эл) is the regional parliament of Mari El, a federal subject of Russia. A total of 52 deputies are elected for five-year terms. 26 deputies are elected by single-member constituencies and another 26 are elected in party lists.
  
  The State Assembly approves ministers, who are nominated by the republic's President.
  
  The presiding officer is the Chairman of the State Assembly.
  
  ## Elections
  
  ### 2019
  
  | Party | Party | % | Seats |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | United Russia | 37.49 | 33 |
  | | Communist Party of the Russian Federation | 26.92 | 9 |
  | | Liberal Democratic Party of Russia | 15.78 | 3 |
  | | A Just Russia | 7.78 | 3 |
  | | Russian Party of Pensioners for Social Justice | 4.93 | 0 |
  | | Communists of Russia | 4.04 | 0 |
  | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 35.03 | |
  
  ## List of chairmen
  
  ### Supreme Council
  
  | Name | Period |
  | - | - |
  | Grigory Posibeyev | April 26, 1990 – August 21, 1990 |
  | Vladislav Zotin | August 22, 1990 – December 24, 1991 |
  | Yury Minakov | December 24, 1991 – December 13, 1993 |
  
  ### State Assembly
  
  | Name | Period |
  | - | - |
  | Anatoly Smirnov | January 6, 1994 – October 6, 1996 |
  | Mikhail Zhukov | November 6, 1996 – October 8, 2000 |
  | Yury Minakov | October 27, 2000 – October 10, 2004 November 4, 2004 – October 11, 2009 October 28, 2009 – September 14, 2014 October 2, 2014–Incumbent |
  