“The LDPR deputies in the State Duma elected Leonid Slutsky as the permanent head of the faction by a majority of votes,” the faction reported on Telegram.
Also, the Supreme Council of the Liberal Democratic Party has scheduled an extraordinary congress for May 27, which will discuss the election of a new chairman of the party.
Former LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky died on April 6 at the age of 75.
He was buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow.