3rd State Duma of the Russian Federation

State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the 3rd convocation
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Seat composition of the 3th State Duma
Overview
Meeting place	State Duma Building Moscow, street Okhotny Ryad, 1
Term	19 December 1999 (1999-12-19) – 7 December 2003 (2003-12-07)
Election	1999 parliamentary election
Government	28 committees
Website	State Duma
Members	441 / 450
Chairman	Gennadiy Seleznyov (from Communist Party)
Party control	1st coalition: Unity and Communist Party 2nd coalition: Unity and Fatherland – All Russia

Building of the State Duma.

President Vladimir Putin in the State Duma. May 18, 2000.

The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation the 3th convocation (Russian: Государственная Дума Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации III созыва) is the former convocation of the legislative branch of the State Duma, Lower House of the Russian Parliament. The 3rd convocation meets at the State Duma building in Moscow, worked from December 19, 1999 – December 7, 2003.

Leadership

Gennadiy Seleznyov – Chairman of the State Duma on the 3th convocation.

Until the election of the Chairman of the State Duma of the meeting, according to tradition, spent the oldest deputy – 79 year-old of Yegor Ligachyov.

On January 18, 2000, the parliament elected Gennadiy Seleznyov as the Chairman of the State Duma.^[1]

Factions

Leaders of the State Duma Factions with Acting President Vladimir Putin. January 5, 2000.

Coalitions

In the State Duma of the 3 convocation two coalitions have worked at different times of the majority, in both cases, formed at the initiative of the "Unity" faction.

The first coalition was formed immediately after the announcement of election results, during the preparations for the first meeting of the new parliament. Faction "Unity" and the Communist Party (the largest in the State Duma) have signed a package agreement, according to which shared the top positions of the Duma and the chairmanships of parliamentary committees. As for the "Unity" it was mainly to prevent the levers of control by Parliament of its main competitors at that time - a fraction "Fatherland-All Russia", the Communists made a section on favorable terms.

During the work of the parliament was consolidated pro-government forces around President Vladimir Putin: it was announced on the merger of public movement "Unity" and "Fatherland",^[2] which led to corresponding changes in the State Duma. In April 2002, the newly formed majority of the State Duma held a cleaning manual and deprived the Communists received at the beginning of the benefits. They were deprived of the majority of management positions. This caused a crisis within the Communist Party faction - Chairman of the State Duma Gennady Seleznyov, as well as heads of two committees (Svetlana Goryacheva and Nikolai Gubenko) chose to leave the faction, and to keep their positions.^[3]

Major legislation

• May 17, 2000: Mikhail Kasyanov approved as Prime Minister of Russia with 325 votes in favor.^[4]
• May 14, 2003: Ratification of the Russian-American Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty with 294 votes in favor.^[5]

Committees

In the State Duma of the 3rd convocation operated 28 Committees.

• Law Committee
• Veterans Affairs Committee
• Committee of Labour and Social Policy
• Budget and Tax Committee
• Committee on Credit Organizations and Financial Markets
• Committee on Economic Policy and Entrepreneurship
• Committee on Property Issues
• Information Policy Committee
• Committee on Energy, Transport and Communications
• Committee on Industry, Construction and High Technology
• Education and Science Committee
• Culture and Tourism Committee
• Health and Sports Protection 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