What is Valentina Matviyenko?
[[File:В.И. Матвиенко.jpg|right|thumb|200px]] '''Valentina Ivanovna Matviyenko''' ([[née]] Tyutina, born 7 April 1949),<ref>{{lang-ru|Валентина Ивановна Матвиенко}}</ref> is a [[Russians|Russian]] [[politician]] who was Governor of [[Saint Petersburg]] from 2003 to 2011. She is Chairman of the Federation Council since 2011. She is the highest-ranking female politician in [[Russia]]. == Notes == {{reflist}} == Other websites == {{commonscat|Valentina Matviyenko}} * [http://lenta.ru/lib/14159561/ Valentina Matvienko is in Lentapedii] {{bio-stub}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Matviyenko, Valentina}} [[Category:Members of the Federation Council (Russia)]] [[Category:1949 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Politicians from Saint Petersburg]]