3th State Duma of the Russian Federation

The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation the 3th convocation (Russian: Государственная Дума Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации III созыва) is the former convocation of the legislative branch of the State Duma, Lower House of the Russian Parliament. The 3th convocation meets at the State Duma building in Moscow, worked from December 19, 1999 – December 7, 2003.

Leadership

Gennadiy Seleznyov – Chairman of the State Duma on the 3th convocation.

Until the election of the Chairman of the State Duma of the meeting, according to tradition, spent the oldest deputy – 79 year-old of Yegor Ligachyov.

On January 18, 2000, the parliament elected Gennadiy Seleznyov as the Chairman of the State Duma.^[1]

Factions

	Leader	Seats
Communist Party of the Russian Federation	Gennady Zuganov	113
Unity	Boris Gryzlov	73
Fatherland – All Russia	Yevgeny Primakov (until 2001)	66
Fatherland – All Russia	Vyacheslav Volodin (since 2001)	66
Union of Right Forces	Sergey Kiriyenko	29
Yabloko	Grigory Yavlinsky	20
Liberal Democratic Party of Russia	Igor Lebedev	17
Vacant		132

Coalitions

In the State Duma of the 3 convocation two coalitions have worked at different times of the majority, in both cases, formed at the initiative of the "Unity" faction.

The first coalition was formed immediately after the announcement of election results, during the preparations for the first meeting of the new parliament. Faction "Unity" and the Communist Party (the largest in the State Duma) have signed a package agreement, according to which shared the top positions of the Duma and the chairmanships of parliamentary committees. As for the "Unity" it was mainly to prevent the levers of control by Parliament of its main competitors at that time - a fraction "Fatherland-All Russia", the Communists made a section on favorable terms.

During the work of the parliament was consolidated pro-government forces around President Vladimir Putin: it was announced on the merger of public movement "Unity" and "Fatherland",^[2] which led to corresponding changes in the State Duma. In April 2002, the newly formed majority of the State Duma held a cleaning manual and deprived the Communists received at the beginning of the benefits. They were deprived of the majority of management positions. This caused a crisis within the Communist Party faction - Chairman of the State Duma Gennady Seleznyov, as well as heads of two committees (Svetlana Goryacheva and Nikolai Gubenko) chose to leave the faction, and to keep their positions.^[3]

Major legislation

May 17, 2000: Mikhail Kasyanov approved as Prime Minister of Russia with 325 votes in favor.^[4]
May 14, 2003: Ratification of the Russian-American Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty with 294 votes in favor.^[5]

Committees

In the State Duma of the 3th convocation operated 28 Committees.

Law Committee
Veterans Affairs Committee
Committee of Labour and Social Policy
Budget and Tax Committee
Committee on Credit Organizations and Financial Markets
Committee on Economic Policy and Entrepreneurship
Committee on Property Issues
Information Policy Committee
Committee on Energy, Transport and Communications
Committee on Industry, Construction and High Technology
Education and Science Committee
Culture and Tourism Committee
Health and Sports Protection 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

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