6th State Duma of the Russian Federation

State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the 6th convocation
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Seat composition of the 6th State Duma
Overview
Meeting place	State Duma Building Moscow, street Okhotny Ryad, 1
Term	21 December 2011 – 5 October 2016
Election	2011 parliamentary election
Government	27 committees
Website	State Duma
Members	450 / 450
Chairman	Sergey Naryshkin (from United Russia)
First Deputy	Alexander Zhukov (from United Russia) Ivan Melnikov (from Communist Party)
Deputy	List Sergey Neverov (from United Russia) Alexander Romanovich (from A Just Russia) Igor Lebedev (from Liberal Democratic Party)
Party control	United Russia

Identity card of a Deputy of the State Duma of the 6th convocation

Building of the State Duma

Location of parliamentary factions in the 6th State Duma:

– United Russia (238)   – Communist Party (92)

– A Just Russia (64)   – Liberal Democratic Party (56)

The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation the 6th convocation (Russian: Государственная Дума Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации VI созыва) is the former convocation of the legislative branch of the State Duma, Lower House of the Russian Parliament. The 6th convocation meets at the State Duma building in Moscow, having begun its term on December 21, 2011 following the last session of the 5th State Duma. The term of office expired October 5, 2016, when the next parliamentary elections.

The 6th State Duma's composition was based upon the results of the 2011 parliamentary election. Of the seven parties participating in the elections, only four were able to overcome the 7% election threshold to gain representation based upon the proportional representation system.

Leadership

Sergey Naryshkin was Chairman of the 6th State Duma

On December 21, 2011, the parliament elected Sergey Naryshkin from the United Russia as the Chairman of the State Duma.^[1]

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 – 87 year-old Vladimir Dolgikh (from United Russia) and 81 year-old of Zhores Alferov (from Communist Party).

Office	MP		Period	Parliamentary affiliation
Chairman		Sergey Naryshkin	December 21, 2011 — October 5, 2016		United Russia
First Deputy Chairman[2]		Alexander Zhukov	December 21, 2011 — October 5, 2016		United Russia
		Ivan Melnikov	December 21, 2011 — October 5, 2016		Communist Party
Deputy Chairman		Sergey Neverov	December 21, 2011 — October 5, 2016		United Russia
		Andrey Vorobyov	December 21, 2011 — November 10, 2012		United Russia
		Oleg Morozov	December 21, 2011 — May 25, 2012		United Russia
		Lyudmila Shvetsova	December 21, 2011 — October 29, 2014		United Russia
		Igor Lebedev	December 21, 2011 — October 5, 2016		Liberal Democratic Party
		Nikolai Levichev	December 21, 2011 — March 25, 2016		A Just Russia
		Alexander Romanovich	March 25, 2016 — October 5, 2016		A Just Russia
Faction leaders		Andrey Vorobyov	December 21, 2011 — November 10, 2012		United Russia
		Vladimir Vasilyev	November 10, 2012 — October 5, 2016[3]
		Gennady Zyuganov	December 21, 2011 — October 5, 2016		Communist Party of the Russian Federation
		Vladimir Zhirinovsky	December 21, 2011 — October 5, 2016		Liberal Democratic Party of Russia
		Sergey Mironov	December 21, 2011 — October 5, 2016		A Just Russia

Factions

Faction		Seats
	United Russia	238
	Communist Party of the Russian Federation	92
	A Just Russia	64
	Liberal Democratic Party of Russia	56

Committees

On December 21, 2011, the State Duma approved the composition of its 27 committees.

Committees	Leader		Party
On Constitutional Legislation and State Building		Vladimir Pligin	United Russia
On Civil, Criminal, Arbitration and Procedural Legislation		Pavel Krasheninnikov	United Russia
On Labour, Social Policy and Veterans' Affairs		Andrey Isaev	United Russia
On Budget and Tax		Andrey Makarov	United Russia
On Financial Market		Natalia Burykina	United Russia
On Economic Policy, Innovative Development and Entrepreneurship		Igor Rudensky	United Russia
On Property Issues		Sergey Gavrilov	Communist Party
On Industry		Sergei Sobko	Communist Party
On Land relations and Construction		Alexey Russkikh	Communist Party
On Science and High Relations		Valery Chernyshev	A Just Russia
On Energy		Ivan Grachov	A Just Russia
On Transport		Eugene Moskvichev	United Russia
On Defence		Vladimir Komoedov	Communist Party
On Safety and Anti-Corruption		Irina Yarovaya	United Russia
On International Affairs		Aleksey Pushkov	United Russia
On Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs and Relations with Compatriots		Leonid Slutsky	Liberal Democratic Party
On the Federal Structure and Local Government		Victor Kidyaev	United Russia
On Regional Policy and the problems of the North and the Far East		Nikolay Kharitonov	Communist Party
On Agrarian Issues		Nikolay Pankov	United Russia
On Natural Resources, Environment and Ecology		Vladimir Kashin	Communist Party
On Education		Vyacheslav Nikonov	United Russia
For Nationalities		Gadzhimet Safaraliev	United Russia
On Physical Culture, Sport and Youth Affairs		Igor Ananskikh	Liberal Democratic Party
On Housing Policy and Housing and Communal Services		Galina Khovanskaya	A Just Russia
On Rules and Organization of the State Duma		Sergei Popov	United Russia
On Public Associations and Religious Organizations		Yaroslav Nilov	Liberal Democratic Party
On Women, Family and Children		Yelena Mizulina	A Just Russia

Major legislation

Dmitry Medvedev during a his appointment as Prime Minister

Some media have criticized the 6th Duma for adopting legislation which was not properly discussed, voted too quickly without consulting experts, and which may contradict the Constitution.^[4][5][6]

• December 21, 2012: "Dima Yakovlev Law" with 420 votes in favor.^[7]
• May 8, 2012: Dmitry Medvedev approved as Prime Minister of Russia with 299 votes in favor.^[8]
• March 20, 2014: Ratification of the Federal Law "On joining of Crimea to the Russian Federation" with 443 votes in favor.^[9]
• March 20, 2014: Federal constitutional law "On the adoption of the Russian Federation, the Republic of Crimea and the formation within the Russian Federation of new entities - the Republic of Crimea and the federal city of Sevastopol" with 444 votes in favor.
• July 3, 2015: Moving forward the 2016 State Duma elections by three months, with 339 votes in favor.^[10]
• July 24, 2016: The package of "anti-terrorism" laws of Irina Yarovaya, with 287 votes in favor.^[11]

References

1. The election of the Speaker of the State Duma Sergei Naryshkin sixth convocation
2. State Duma is elected vice-speakers
3. Vasilyev replaced Vorobyov as leader of United Russia faction in the State Duma
4. Андрей Винокуров; Артур Громов; Игорь Крючков (24 June 2016). "Дума отзапрещалась". gazeta.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 7 July 2016.
5. Editorial. "Страна подозреваемых" (in Russian). Meduza. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
6. Karmodi, Ostap (17 September 2016). "25 гаек Госдумы" (in Russian). RFE/RL. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
7. State Duma adopted the "law of Dima Yakovlev"
8. Medvedev appointed Prime Minister
9. State Duma ratified the agreement on the adoption of the Crimea to Russia
10. Принят закон о переносе выборов в Госдуму
11. Госдума приняла «пакет Яровой»