The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the 4th convocation (Russian: Государственная Дума Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации IV созыва) is a former convocation of the legislative branch of the State Duma, Lower House of the Russian Parliament. The 4th convocation met chiefly at the
State Duma building
The building of Council of Labor and Defense (russian: Здание Совета труда и обороны, Zdaniye Soveta truda i oborony) is a state building located on Okhotny Ryad Street in central Moscow, Russia, 250 meters north of the Kr ...
in
Moscow
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(however, several meetings took place at the
Tauride Palace
Tauride Palace (russian: Таврический дворец, translit=Tavrichesky dvorets) is one of the largest and most historically important palaces in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Construction and early use
Prince Grigory Potemkin of Tauride ...
in
St. Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
); it 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
The electoral threshold, or election threshold, is the minimum share of the primary vote that a candidate or political party requires to achieve before they become entitled to representation or additional seats in a legislature. This limit can ...
to gain representation based upon the
proportional representation system
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and another party was held in the State Duma by winning a few
electoral district
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s.
Leadership
The first meeting of the State Duma traditionally held oldest deputy – 80 year-old of
Valentin Varennikov
Valentin Ivanovich Varennikov (russian: Валентин Иванович Варенников) (December 15, 1923 – May 6, 2009) was a Soviet/Russian Army general and politician, best known for being one of the planners and leaders of the Sov ...
.
On December 29, 2003, the parliament elected
Boris Gryzlov
Boris Vyacheslavovich Gryzlov (also spelled Grizlov; russian: Борис Вячеславович Грызлов, ; born December 15, 1950), is a Russian politician. He was Interior Minister from 2001 to 2003 and Speaker of the State Duma (the lo ...
as the
Chairman of the State Duma
The Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation (russian: Председатель Государственной Думы Федерального собрания Российской Федерации), also c ...
.
First Deputy Chairman elected:
Lyubov Sliska
Lyubov Konstantinovna Sliska (russian: Любовь Константиновна Слиска, born October 15, 1953, in Saratov, Soviet Union, as Lyubov Timoshina, russian: Любовь Тимошина) is a Russian politician.
Career
Since J ...
and
Alexander Zhukov
Alexander Dmitriyevich Zhukov (russian: Александр Дмитриевич Жуков; born 1 June 1956) is a Russian economist and politician. Zhukov was a member of the State Duma from 1994 to 2004. He is the First Deputy Chairman of t ...
.
Deputy Chairman elected:
Georgy Boos
Georgy Valentinovich Boos (russian: link=no, Георгий Валентинович Боос, born 22 January 1963) is a Russian businessman and politician who served as governor of Kaliningrad Oblast from 2005 to 2010.
Early life and educatio ...
(before September 21, 2005),
Yuri Volkov
Yuri Volkov (April 18, 1937 – May 17, 2016)Artur Chilingarov
Artur Nikolayevich Chilingarov (russian: Артур Николаевич Чилингаров; born 25 September 1939) is an Armenian-Russian polar explorer. He is a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, he was awarded the t ...
,
Vyacheslav Volodin
Vyacheslav Viktorovich Volodin (russian: Вячеслав Викторович Володин; born 4 February 1964) is a Russian politician who currently serves as the 10th Chairman of the State Duma (since 5 October 2016).
He is a former ai ...
,
Vladimir Pekhtin
Vladimir Alekseyevich Pekhtin (russian: Влади́мир Алексе́евич Пе́хтин; born 9 December 1950) is a Russian politician. He was a deputy of the State Duma for the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th convocations. He chaired the par ...
,
Oleg Morozov,
Valentin Kuptsov
The Communist Party of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (CP RSFSR; russian: Коммунистическая партия Российской Советской Федеративной Социалистической Респуб ...
,
Dmitry Rogozin
Dmitry Olegovich Rogozin (russian: link=no, Дми́трий Оле́гович Рого́зин; born 21 December 1963) is a Russian politician who served as director general of Roscosmos from 2018 to July 2022. He previously served as deputy p ...
and
Vladimir Zhirinovsky
Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky, ''né'' Eidelshtein (russian: link=false, Эйдельштейн) (25 April 1946 – 6 April 2022) was a Russian right-wing populist politician and the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) f ...
.
Factions
Major legislation
*March 5, 2004:
Mikhail Fradkov
Mikhail Yefimovich Fradkov ( rus, Михаи́л Ефи́мович Фрадко́в, p=mʲɪxɐˈil jɪˈfʲiməvʲɪtɕ frɐtˈkof; born 1 September 1950) is a Russian politician who served as Prime Minister of Russia from 2004 to 2007. An In ...
approved as
Prime Minister of Russia
The chairman of the government of the Russian Federation, also informally known as the prime minister, is the nominal head of government of Russia. Although the post dates back to 1905, its current form was established on 12 December 1993 fo ...
with 352 votes in favor.
*May 12, 2004:
Mikhail Fradkov
Mikhail Yefimovich Fradkov ( rus, Михаи́л Ефи́мович Фрадко́в, p=mʲɪxɐˈil jɪˈfʲiməvʲɪtɕ frɐtˈkof; born 1 September 1950) is a Russian politician who served as Prime Minister of Russia from 2004 to 2007. An In ...
re-approved as
Prime Minister of Russia
The chairman of the government of the Russian Federation, also informally known as the prime minister, is the nominal head of government of Russia. Although the post dates back to 1905, its current form was established on 12 December 1993 fo ...
with 356 votes in favor.
*December 3, 2004: A law on the abolition of the direct election of regional heads with 358 votes in favor.
*September 14, 2007:
Viktor Zubkov
Viktor Alekseyevich Zubkov ( rus, Ви́ктор Алексе́евич Зубко́в, p=ˈvʲiktər ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ zʊpˈkof; born 15 September 1941) is a Russian civil servant, politician and businessman who served as the 36th Pr ...
approved as
Prime Minister of Russia
The chairman of the government of the Russian Federation, also informally known as the prime minister, is the nominal head of government of Russia. Although the post dates back to 1905, its current form was established on 12 December 1993 fo ...
with 381 votes in favor.
Viktor Zubkov appointed Prime Minister
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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
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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
{{Russian State Duma
Convocations of the Russian State Duma
4th State Duma of the Russian Federation