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Deputy
13) deputy - a person elected by voters of the corresponding electoral district to a representative body of state authority or to a representative body of a municipal formation on the basis of universal, equal and direct suffrage with secret voting;
Source: Federal Law No. 67-FZ of June 12, 2002 (as amended on October 16, 2012) "On the Basic Guarantees of Electoral Rights and the Right to Participate in a Referendum of Citizens of the Russian Federation" (with amendments and additions coming into force on November 1, 2012)