The vice speaker of the State Duma Lyudmila Shvetsova died

The Vice Speaker of the State Duma Lyudmila Shvetsova died in Moscow on the night of the 28th and 29th September 29, Interfax reports with reference to sources in medical circles.

Shvetsova was born in 1949 in Alma-Ata. In 1983-1986 he was the secretary of the Komsomol Central Committee, chairman of the Central Council of the All -Union Pioneer Organization.

In 1986-1991 she worked in the secretariat of the apparatus of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, the Congress of People's Deputies of the USSR. Since 1990 - the head of the apparatus. In 1991-1992, the chairman of the Committee on Family and Women's Affairs of the USSR ministers.

In 1994, Shvetsova was appointed head of the Department of Public and Interregional Relations of the Government of the city of Moscow. In January 2000, she became the vice mayor of Moscow, was responsible for the social sphere.

In 2011, she was elected to the State Duma from the Moscow Organization of the United Russia party. At the first meeting of the State Duma of the new convocation, she was appointed vice-speaker.