4th State Duma

Russia State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
of the 4th convocation
←3rd State Duma 5th State Duma→
Seat composition of the 4th State Duma
Overview
Meeting place State Duma Building
Moscow, street Okhotny Ryad, 1
Term 7 December 2003 (2003-12-07) – 24 December 2007 (2007-12-24)
Election 2003 parliamentary election
Government

23

committees
Website State Duma
Members 450
Chairman Boris Gryzlov
(from United Russia)
First Deputy Lyubov Sliska (from United Russia)
Alexander Zhukov (from United Russia)
Deputy
Party control United Russia
Building of the State Duma.

The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation the 4th convocation (Russian: Государственная Дума Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации IV созыва) is the former convocation of the legislative branch of the State Duma, Lower House of the Russian Parliament. The 4th convocation meets at the State Duma building in Moscow (however, several meetings took place at the Tauride Palace in St. Petersburg),[1] worked from December 7, 2003 to December 24, 2007.

The 4th State Duma's composition was based upon the results of the 2003 parliamentary election. Of the twenty–four parties participating in the elections, only four were able to overcome the 5% election threshold to gain representation based upon the proportional representation system and another party was held in the State Duma by winning a few electoral districts.

Leadership

The first meeting of the State Duma traditionally held oldest deputy – 80 year-old of Valentin Varennikov.

On December 29, 2003, the parliament elected Boris Gryzlov as the Chairman of the State Duma.[2]

First Deputy Chairman elected: Lyubov Sliska and Alexander Zhukov.

Deputy Chairman elected: Georgy Boos (before September 21, 2005), Yuri Volkov (since September 21, 2005), Artur Chilingarov, Vyacheslav Volodin, Vladimir Pekhtin, Oleg Morozov, Valentin Kuptsov, Dmitry Rogozin and Vladimir Zhirinovsky.

Factions

Distribution of the constituency seats by federal subject.
Faction Leader Seats
United Russia Boris Gryzlov 304
Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zuganov 47
A Just Russia – Rodina Sergey Glazyev 33
Liberal Democratic Party of Russia Igor Lebedev 30
Socialist Party of Russia – Patriots of Russia Sergey Baburin 8
Independent deputies[3] 23
Vacant 5

Major legislation

Committees

In the State Duma of the 4th convocation operated 28 Committees.

  • Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Building
  • Committee on Civil, Criminal, Arbitration and Procedural Law
  • Veterans Affairs Committee
  • Committee of Labour and Social Policy
  • Budget and Tax Committee
  • Committee on Credit Organizations and Financial Markets
  • Committee on Economic Policy, Entrepreneurship and Tourism
  • Committee on Property Issues
  • Information Policy Committee
  • Committee on Energy, Transport and Communications
  • Committee on Industry, Construction and High Technology
  • Education and Science Committee
  • Committee on Culture
  • Committee on Physical Culture, Sport and Youth Affairs
  • Health Protection Committee
  • Committee on Women, Family and Children
  • Committee on Agrarian Issues
  • Defence Committee
  • Safety Committee
  • Committee on International Affairs
  • Committee on Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs and Relations with Compatriots
  • Committee on Rules and Organization of the State Duma
  • Committee on the problems of the North and Far East
  • Committee on Federation Affairs and Regional Policy
  • Committee on Local Government
  • The Environmental Committee
  • Committee on Natural Resources and the Environment
  • Committee on Public Associations and Religious Organizations
  • Committee for Nationalities

References

  1. ↑ In the Tauride Palace in St. Petersburg held a visiting session of the State Duma
  2. ↑ Boris Gryzlov was elected Speaker of the State Duma of the fourth convocation
  3. ↑ Including individual deputies of other parties
  4. ↑ Mikhail Fradkov appointed Prime Minister
  5. ↑ Mikhail Fradkov re-appointed Prime Minister
  6. ↑ The State Duma finally abolished direct elections of governors
  7. ↑ Viktor Zubkov appointed Prime Minister
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.