The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the 5th convocation (Russian: Государственная Дума Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации V созыва) is a former convocation of the legislative branch of the State Duma, lower house of the

Russian Parliament The Federal Assembly ( rus, Федера́льное Собра́ние, r=Federalnoye Sobraniye, p=fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnəjə sɐˈbranʲɪjə) is the national legislature of the Russian Federation, according to the Constitution of the Russian F ...

. The 5th convocation met 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 ...

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, worked from December 24, 2007 to December 21, 2011. The 5th State Duma's composition was based upon the results of the 2007 parliamentary election. Of the eleven parties participating in the elections, only four were able to overcome the 7%

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to gain representation based upon the

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Leadership

On December 24, 2007, the parliament re-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 ...

from the

United Russia United Russia ( rus, Единая Россия, Yedinaya Rossiya, (j)ɪˈdʲinəjə rɐˈsʲijə) is a Russian conservative political party. As the largest party in Russia, it holds 325 (or 72.22%) of the 450 seats in the State Duma , havin ...

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 ...

. At the same time, according to tradition, until the election of the Chairman of the State Duma, the meeting carried the oldest members of the State Duma – 77 year-old of

Zhores Alferov Zhores Ivanovich Alferov (russian: link=no, Жоре́с Ива́нович Алфёров, ; be, Жарэс Іва́навіч Алфёраў; 15 March 19301 March 2019) was a Soviet and Russian physicist and academic who contributed signific ...

(from

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Factions

Major legislation

* May 8, 2008:

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approved as Prime Minister of Russia with 392 votes in favor. * November 21, 2008: Approved amendments to the

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with 392 votes in favor.Duma finally approved the amendments to the Constitution
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Committees

In the State Duma of the 5th convocation operated 33 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 *Financial Market Committee *Committee on Economic Policy and Entrepreneurship *Committee on Property Issues *Committee on Information Policy, Information Technology and Communications *Committee on Energy *Committee on Transport *Land Relations Committee and construction *Industry Committee *Committee on Science and High Technology *Education Committee *Committee on Culture *Physical Culture and Sports Committee *Youth Committee *Health Protection Committee *Committee on Women, Family and Children *Committee on Agrarian Issues *Defence Committee *Safety Committee *Committee on International Affairs *Committee on

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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

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