The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the 1st convocation () is a former convocation of the State Duma, Lower House of the Federal Assembly. The first few months, the State Duma was located in the Comecon building on New Arbat Avenue, then moved to the State Duma building on Okhotny Ryad.
Leadership On January 14, 1994, the parliament elected Agrarian Ivan Rybkin as the Chairman of the State Duma.The State Duma in Russia's recent history Before his election, the session was moderated by the oldest deputy, 68-year-old Liberal Democrat Georgy Lukava. Office MP Period Parliamentary affiliation Chairman Ivan Rybkin 14 January 1994 – 17 January 1996 Agrarian Party First Deputy Chairman Mikhail Mityukov 17 January 1994 – 17 January 1996 Choice of RussiaDeputy Chairmen Valentin Kovalyov 17 January 1994 – 18 January 1995 Communist Party Gennady Seleznyov 25 January 1995 – 17 January 1996 Alexander Vengerovsky 17 January 1994 – 17 January 1996 Liberal Democratic Party Alevtina Fedulova 17 January 1994 – 17 January 1996 Women of Russia Artur Chilingarov 10 June 1994 – 17 January 1996 New Regional Policy
Chairman election The first round was held on 13 January 1994 by rating voting using an open ballot. The runoff was conducted by secret ballot on the next day, before which Yury Vlasov endorsed Ivan Rybkin. Candidate Faction First ballot Second ballot Votes % Votes % Ivan Rybkin Agrarian Party 233 223 Yury Vlasov Independent 200 23 Vladimir Lukin Yabloko 176 Vladimir Medvedev New Regional Policy 145 Sergey Kovalyov Choice of Russia 138 Alexander Braginsky Union of December 12 86 Source:
Factions and groups
Faction SeatsFaction leaderLiberal Democratic Party of Russia64Vladimir ZhirinovskyChoice of Russia62Yegor GaidarCommunist Party of the Russian Federation42Gennady ZyuganovAgrarian Party of Russia38Mikhail LapshinYabloko27Grigory YavlinskyWomen of Russia24Yekaterina LakhovaParty of Russian Unity and Accord22Sergey ShakhrayDemocratic Party of Russia15Stanislav GovorukhinOther15Independents135Vacant6
Committees
23 committees operated in the State Duma of the 1st convocation.
Committee ChairFactionLaw, Judicial and Legal ReformVladimir IsakovAgrarian PartyLabour and Social WelfareSergey KalashnikovLiberal Democratic PartyBudget, Taxes, Banking and FinanceMikhail ZadornovYablokoEconomic PolicySergey GlazyevDemocratic PartyProperty, Privatization and Economic ActivitySergey BurkovNew Regional PolicyInformation Policy and CommunicationsMikhail PoltoraninChoice of RussiaIndustry, Construction, Transport and EnergyVladimir GusevLiberal Democratic PartyEducation, Culture and ScienceLyubov RozhkovaNew Regional PolicyHealthBela DenisenkoChoice of RussiaWomen, Family and YouthGalina KlimantovaWomen of RussiaAgrarian IssuesAleksandr NazarchukAgrarian PartyAlexey ChernyshyovDefenceSergey YushenkovChoice of RussiaSecurityViktor IlyukhinCommunist PartyForeign AffairsVladimir LukinYablokoCIS Affairs and Relations with CompatriotsKonstantin ZatulinDemocratic PartyOrganization of the State DumaVladimir BauerNew Regional PolicyGeopoliticsViktor UstinovStabilityFederation Affairs and Regional PolicySergey ShapovalovParty of Russian Unity and AccordLocal GovernmentAnatoly SlivaParty of Russian Unity and AccordEcologyMikhail LemeshevLiberal Democratic PartyNatural Resources and Land UseNikolay AstafyevLiberal Democratic PartyPublic Associations and Religious OrganizationsViktor ZorkaltsevCommunist PartyNationalitiesBair ZhamsuyevStability
Major legislation Federal Constitutional Law "On the Constitutional Court" (21 July 1994) Civil Code of Russia (21 October 1994) Arbitration Procedure Code of Russia (5 April 1995) Federal Constitutional Law "On the referendum" (7 July 1995) Water Code of Russia (16 November 1995) Family Code of Russia (8 December 1995)
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