5th State Duma of the Russian Federation

Russia State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
of the 5th convocation
4th State Duma 6th State Duma

Seat composition of the 5th State Duma
Overview
Meeting place State Duma Building
Moscow, street Okhotny Ryad, 1
Term 2 December 2007 (2007-12-02) – 21 December 2011 (2011-12-21)
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
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

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.

References

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