5th State Duma

State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
of the 5th convocation
State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation; of the 5th convocation
	State Duma Building in 2014
Overview
Meeting place	State Duma building; Moscow, Okhotny Ryad street, 1
Term	24 December 2007 – 21 December 2011
Election	2 December 2007
Government	Zubkov Government; Putin Second Government
Website	State Duma
Members	450 / 450
Chairman	Boris Gryzlov ; (from United Russia)
First Deputy	Oleg Morozov (from United Russia)
Deputy	List Lyubov Sliska (from United Russia); Svetlana Zhurova (from United Russia); Vyacheslav Volodin (from United Russia); Yuri Volkov (from United Russia); Valery Yazev (from United Russia); Nadezhda Gerasimova (from United Russia); Ivan Melnikov (from Communist Party); Alexander Babakov (from A Just Russia); Vladimir Zhirinovsky (from Liberal Democratic Party);
Party control	United Russia

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 5th convocation met at the State Duma building in Moscow, 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% election threshold to gain representation based upon the proportional representation system.

Leadership[edit]

On December 24, 2007, the parliament re-elected Boris Gryzlov from the United Russia as the Chairman of the State Duma.^[1]

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 (from Communist Party).

Office		Period
Chairman	Boris Gryzlov	December 24, 2007 – December 21, 2011	United Russia
First Deputy Chairman^[2]	Oleg Morozov	December 24, 2007 – December 21, 2011	United Russia
Deputy Chairman	Lyubov Sliska	December 24, 2007 – December 21, 2011	United Russia
	Svetlana Zhurova	December 24, 2007 – December 21, 2011	United Russia
	Vyacheslav Volodin	December 24, 2007 – December 21, 2011	United Russia
	Yuri Volkov	December 24, 2007 – December 21, 2011	United Russia
	Valery Yazev	December 24, 2007 – December 21, 2011	United Russia
	Nadezhda Gerasimova	December 24, 2007 – December 21, 2011	United Russia
	Ivan Melnikov	December 24, 2007 – December 21, 2011	Communist Party
	Alexander Babakov	December 24, 2007 – December 21, 2011	A Just Russia
	Vladimir Zhirinovsky	December 24, 2007 – December 21, 2011	Liberal Democratic Party

Faction leaders	Boris Gryzlov	December 24, 2007 – December 21, 2011	United Russia
	Gennady Zuganov	December 24, 2007 – December 21, 2011	Communist Party
	Igor Lebedev	December 24, 2007 – December 21, 2011	Liberal Democratic Party
	Sergey Mironov	December 24, 2007 – December 21, 2011	A Just Russia

Factions[edit]

Faction		Seats
	United Russia	315
	Communist Party of the Russian Federation	57
	Liberal Democratic Party of Russia	40
	A Just Russia	38

Major legislation[edit]

May 8, 2008: Vladimir Putin approved as Prime Minister of Russia with 392 votes in favor.^[3]
November 21, 2008: Approved amendments to the Constitution of Russia with 392 votes in favor.^[4]

Committees[edit]

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 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[edit]

^ "The re-election of the Speaker of the State Duma Boris Gryzlov". Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
^ State Duma has selected the vice-speakers
^ Putin appointed Prime Minister
^ Duma finally approved the amendments to the Constitution

[1] "The re-election of the Speaker of the State Duma Boris Gryzlov". Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. Retrieved 2016-03-12.

[2] State Duma has selected the vice-speakers

[3] Putin appointed Prime Minister

[4] Duma finally approved the amendments to the Constitution

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