In Irkutsk, the first meeting of the sixth Duma was held. Deputies received credentials and badges, and Dmitry Berdnikov was elected chairman. His deputies and heads of standing committees were also chosen.

The municipal parliament elections were held on September 14 of this year. According to the Charter of the City of Irkutsk, the Duma consists of 35 deputies elected by a majoritarian system in single-member electoral districts.
During the ceremonial part, the Mayor of Irkutsk, Viktor Kondrashov, presented the deputies of the sixth convocation with certificates and badge insignia of a deputy of the Irkutsk City Duma.
As a result of the secret ballot, Dmitry Berdnikov, deputy of the Duma for electoral district No. 18, became Chairman of the Irkutsk City Duma of the sixth convocation. The Deputy Chairmen of the Duma were also determined. Alexander Khankhalaev will work on a permanent basis, and Andrey Khomenko on a non-permanent basis. In addition, the chairmen of the Duma’s standing committees and their deputies were elected. Deputies were elected to these positions by open voting. The Committee on Housing and Communal Services and Transport was headed by Deputy Yury Korenev, on Social Policy – Irina Ezhova, on Mandates, Regulations and Deputy Ethics – Vladimir Novozhilov, on Municipal Legislation and Law and Order – Sergey Yudin, on Property and Land Relations – Alexander Panko, on Urban Planning, Architecture and Design – Viktor Ilyichev, on Economic Policy and Budget – Zhanna Eseva.
“We will use the positive experience of deputies from previous convocations and combine it with the enthusiasm and energy of deputies elected for the first time. Ahead of us is work on forming the budget, implementing social programs for the construction of kindergartens and schools, repairing roads, and resolving transport issues,” said Duma Speaker Dmitry Berdnikov.
Biographical note
Berdnikov Dmitry Viktorovich was born in 1966 in Angarsk.
In 1983, he graduated from School No. 38 in Angarsk.
In 1983, he entered the Irkutsk Polytechnic Institute, Faculty of Special Construction Works, majoring in “Heat and Gas Supply and Ventilation.”
During his student years, he was a commissar and commander of construction teams at sites in Bratsk, Irkutsk, and Ust-Ilimsk. He mastered working professions: bricklayer, concrete worker, carpenter.
In 1988, he received the qualification of civil engineer.
After graduating from the institute, he was assigned to work at the state trust Vostoksantekhmontazh of the USSR Ministry of Assembly and Special Construction Works, where he advanced through all professional stages from foreman to chief engineer of the installation department.
1991-1993 – Director of the Baikalinterplast plant.
In 2001, he received a second higher education in “Law.”
In 2006, together with like-minded people, he created the Ladoga social complex.
In 2014, he was elected deputy of the Irkutsk City Duma of the sixth convocation.
On September 26, 2014, he was elected Chairman of the Irkutsk City Duma of the sixth convocation.
His wife, Maya Borisovna, is a linguist-translator. They are raising their ten-year-old daughter, Ksenia. ​
Based on materials from the press service of the Irkutsk administration.