1st State Duma

This article is about 1st State Duma of the Russian Federation (1993–1995). It is not to be confused with 1st State Duma of the Russian Empire (1906).

The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the 1st convocation (Russian: Государственная Дума Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации I созыва) is a former convocation of the legislative branch of the State Duma, Lower House of the Russian Parliament, worked from December 12, 1993 – December 16, 1995.^[1] The first few months, the State Duma was located in the Comecon building on New Arbat Avenue,^[2] then moved to the State Duma building on Okhotny Ryad.

State Duma of the Russian Federation of the 1st convocation
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Seat composition of the 1st State Duma
Overview
Meeting place	Comecon Building, New Arbat Avenue, 36 State Duma Building, Okhotny Ryad Street, 1
Term	11 January 1994 (1994-01-11) – 22 December 1995 (1995-12-22)
Election	1993 parliamentary election
Government	23 committees
Website	State Duma
Members	444
Chairman	Ivan Rybkin (from Agrarian Party)

Certification of the State Duma deputy Anatoly Kashpirovsky

Comecon Building – place where the first meeting was held.

Modern building of the State Duma.

Leadership

On January 14, 1994, the parliament elected Agrarian Ivan Rybkin as the Chairman of the State Duma.^[3] 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 Russia
Deputy 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	%
	Y Ivan Rybkin	Agrarian Party	233	52.5%	223	50.2%
	Yury Vlasov	Independent	200	45.0%	23	5.2%
	Vladimir Lukin	Yabloko	176	39.6%
	Vladimir Medvedev	New Regional Policy	145	32.7%
	Sergey Kovalyov	Choice of Russia	138	31.1%
	Alexander Braginsky	Union of December 12	86	19.4%
Source:^[4]

Factions and groups

Faction		Seats	Faction leader
	Liberal Democratic Party of Russia	64	Vladimir Zhirinovsky
	Choice of Russia	64	Yegor Gaidar
	Communist Party of the Russian Federation	42	Gennady Zyuganov
	Agrarian Party of Russia	37	Mikhail Lapshin
	Yabloko	27	Grigory Yavlinsky
	Women of Russia	23	Yekaterina Lakhova
	Party of Russian Unity and Accord	22	Sergey Shakhray
	Democratic Party of Russia	14	Stanislav Govorukhin
	Other	21
	Independent MPs	130
	Vacant	6

Committees

23 committees operated in the State Duma of the 1st convocation.

Committee	Chair	Faction
Law, Judicial and Legal Reform	Vladimir Isakov		Agrarian Party
Labour and Social Welfare	Sergey Kalashnikov		Liberal Democratic Party
Budget, Taxes, Banking and Finance	Mikhail Zadornov		Yabloko
Economic Policy	Sergey Glazyev		Democratic Party
Property, Privatization and Economic Activity	Sergey Burkov		New Regional Policy
Information Policy and Communications	Mikhail Poltoranin		Choice of Russia
Industry, Construction, Transport and Energy	Vladimir Gusev		Liberal Democratic Party
Education, Culture and Science	Lyubov Rozhkova		New Regional Policy
Health	Bela Denisenko		Choice of Russia
Women, Family and Youth	Galina Klimantova		Women of Russia
Agrarian Issues	Aleksandr Nazarchuk		Agrarian Party
	Alexey Chernyshyov
Defence	Sergey Yushenkov		Choice of Russia
Security	Viktor Ilyukhin		Communist Party
Foreign Affairs	Vladimir Lukin		Yabloko
CIS Affairs and Relations with Compatriots	Konstantin Zatulin		Democratic Party
Organization of the State Duma	Vladimir Bauer		New Regional Policy
Geopolitics	Viktor Ustinov		Stability
Federation Affairs and Regional Policy	Sergey Shapovalov		Party of Russian Unity and Accord
Local Government	Anatoly Sliva		Party of Russian Unity and Accord
Ecology	Mikhail Lemeshev		Liberal Democratic Party
Natural Resources and Land Use	Nikolay Astafyev		Liberal Democratic Party
Public Associations and Religious Organizations	Viktor Zorkaltsev		Communist Party
Nationalities	Bair Zhamsuyev		Stability

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)

References

1. The State Duma of the 1st convocation
2. . Archived from the original on 2016-09-16. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
3. The State Duma in Russia's recent history
4. "Leadership of the State Duma of the first convocation (1994-1995)". politika.su (in Russian).