5th State Duma of the Russian Federation

State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
of the 5th convocation

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Seat composition of the 5th State Duma

Meeting place

State Duma Building
Moscow, street Okhotny Ryad, 1

Term

2 December 2007 – 21 December 2011

Election

2007 parliamentary election

Government

33 committees

Website

State Duma

Members

450 / 450

Chairman

Boris Gryzlov
(from United Russia)

First Deputy

Oleg Morozov (from United Russia)

Deputy

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

Boris Gryzlov is the Chairman of the 4th and 5th State Duma

Location of parliamentary factions in the 5th State Duma:

– United Russia (315)
– Communist Party (57)

– Liberal Democratic Party (40)
– A Just Russia (38)

The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation the 5th convocation (Russian: Государственная Дума Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации V созыва) is the former convocation of the legislative branch of the State Duma, Lower House of the Russian Parliament. The 5th convocation meets at the State Duma building in Moscow, worked from December 2, 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.

Major legislation

May 8, 2008: Vladimir Putin approved as Prime Minister of Russia with 392 votes in favor.^[1]
November 21, 2008: Approved amendments to the Constitution of Russia with 392 votes in favor.^[2]

Leadership

On December 24, 2007, the parliament re-elected Boris Gryzlov from the United Russia as the Chairman of the State Duma.^[3]

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^[4]	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 of the Russian Federation
	Igor Lebedev	December 24, 2007 – December 21, 2011	Liberal Democratic Party of Russia
	Sergey Mironov	December 24, 2007 – December 21, 2011	A Just Russia

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 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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