In order to implement the state demographic and family policy, develop proposals for the President on its improvement, and monitor the implementation of action plans carried out as part of the Decade of Childhood, the President signed an Executive Order establishing a Presidential Council for the Implementation of State Demographic and Family Policy.
Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko was appointed Council Chairperson.
The Chairperson of the Presidential Council for the Implementation of State Demographic and Family Policy has been instructed to submit, within one month, draft statutes of the Council and nominate candidates to the Council, to be approved by the President.
The Executive Order also abolishes the Council for the Implementation of State Policy in the Sphere of Protecting Family and Children.