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State Duma

The State Duma[b] is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia. It was established by the Constitution of the Russian Federation in 1993.

This article is about the modern Russian assembly. For the historical body, see State Duma (Russian Empire). For other assemblies, see Duma.

State Duma

Государственная дума

Gosudarstvennaya duma

12 December 1993 (1993-12-12)

Soviet of the Republic
Constitutional Conference of Russia

Vyacheslav Volodin, United Russia
since 5 October 2016
Alexander Zhukov, United Russia
since 5 October 2016
Ivan Melnikov, Communist Party
since 5 October 2016

450

Government (325)

Other parties (125)

5 years

Parallel voting

12 December 1993

17–19 September 2021

The Duma headquarters are located in central Moscow, a few steps from Manege Square. Its members are referred to as deputies. The State Duma replaced the Supreme Soviet as a result of the new constitution introduced by Boris Yeltsin in the aftermath of the Russian constitutional crisis of 1993, and approved in a nationwide referendum.


In the 2007 and 2011 Russian legislative elections a full party-list proportional representation with 7% electoral threshold system was used, but this was subsequently repealed. The legislature's term length was initially 2 years in the 1993–1995 elections period, and 4 years in 1999–2007 elections period; since the 2011 elections the term length is 5 years.

Consent to the appointment of the .

Prime Minister of Russia

Hearing annual reports from the Government of the Russian Federation on the results of its work, including on issues raised by the State Duma.

Deciding the in the Government of the Russian Federation.

issue of confidence

Appointment and dismissal of the Chairman of the .

Central Bank of Russia

Appointment and dismissal of the Chairman and half of the auditors of the Accounts Chamber.

Appointment and dismissal of the Commissioner for , who shall act according to federal constitutional law.

Human rights

Announcement of .

amnesty

Bringing charges against the President of the Russian Federation for his (requires a two-thirds majority).

impeachment

The State Duma has special powers enumerated by the Constitution of Russia. They are:


The State Duma adopts decrees on issues relating to its authority by the Constitution of the Russian Federation.

(1994–1996)

Ivan Rybkin

(1996–2003)

Gennadiy Seleznyov

(2003–2011)

Boris Gryzlov

(2011–2016)

Sergey Naryshkin

(since 2016)

Vyacheslav Volodin

Committee on International Affairs of the State Duma

List of members of the State Duma of Russia who died in office

(in Russian)

Official website

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