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
Overview
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	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

Certification of the State Duma deputies of the 5th convocation.

Vladimir Putin during a his appointment as Prime Minister.

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

Boris Gryzlov is the Chairman of the 5th State Duma

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	MP		Period	Parliamentary affiliation
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

1. Putin appointed Prime Minister
2. Duma finally approved the amendments to the Constitution
3. The re-election of the Speaker of the State Duma Boris Gryzlov
4. State Duma has selected the vice-speakers