State Duma
Parliament of the Russian Federation
The constitution 1993 for the first time defined parliament as representative and legislative supreme body.
Parliament of the Russian Federation is the Federal Assembly, consisting of two houses (chambers): lower – the State Duma(450 deputies) and upper – the Council of Federation (166 members).
State Duma
| State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Государственная Дума Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации | |
| Federal Assembly of Russia | |
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| Type | |
| Type | Lower House of Federal Assembly of Russia |
| Leadership | |
| Chairman of the State Duma | Сергей Нарышкин, United Russia since December 2011 |
| Structure | |
| Members | |
| Political groups | United Russia (238) 52.9% Communist Party of the Russian Federation (92) 20.4% Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (56) 12.4% Fair Russia (64) 12.4% |
| Election | |
| Voting system | Party-list proportional representation |
| Last election | December 2011 |
| Meeting place | |
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| State Duma Building Manege Square Moscow, Russian Federation |
Nowdays the State Duma is elected for 5 years on a proportional electoral system.
The State Duma may be dissolved by the President of the Russian Federation
The chronology of convocations of the State Duma can be presented in a following kind:
1993-1995 – 1 convocation,
1995-1999 – 2 convocation,
1999-2003 – 3 convocation,
2003-2007 – 4 convocation,
2007 - 2011 – 5 convocation.
2011-2016 - 6 convocation