- State Duma
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History
The State Duma was first introduced in 1906 and was Russia's first elected parliament. The first two attempts by Tsar
Nicholas II were too radical and ineffective and were subsequently dissolved after only a few months each. After the 1907 electoral reform the third Duma, elected in November 1907, was largely made up of members of the upper classes and radical influences in the Duma had almost entirely been removed. The establishment of the Duma after the1905 Revolution was to herald significant changes to the Russian autocratic system. Furthermore the Duma was later to have a larger effect on Russia as it was one of the contributing factors in theFebruary Revolution , which led to the abolition of the autocracy in Russia.Powers
The State Duma has special powers enumerated by the
Constitution of Russia . They are:* To approve or reject the President's nominee for
Prime Minister of Russia
* To approve or reject the President's nominee for the chairman of theCentral Bank of Russia
* To appoint the deputy chairman of the Audit Chamber and half of its auditors
* To file animpeachment against the President (Requires a two thirds majority)
* All bills are first approved here, to be further debated and approved in the Federation Council.
* Duties are enumerated in Section 1, Chapter 5, Articles 100-108, in the Russian Constitution. Additionally, there are constitutionally 450 deputies of the State Duma (Article 95), each elected to a term of four years (Article 96). Russian citizens at least 21 years old are eligible to run for the Duma (Article 97). Seats are awarded on the basis of the percentage of election votes won by a party. The party then elects candidates to fill its eligible seats.The current speaker of the State Duma is
Boris Gryzlov sinceDecember 29 ,2003 .Speakers of the State Duma
*
Ivan Rybkin (Agrarian Party of Russia )January 14 ,1994 -January 17 ,1996
*Gennady Seleznyov (Communist Party of the Russian Federation )January 17 ,1996 -December 29 ,2003
*Boris Gryzlov (United Russia )December 29 ,2003 -PresentLatest election
[
Boris Gryzlov , speaker of the Russian State Duma since December of 2003]Current composition
Presidential Envoys to the State Duma
*
Alexander Yakovlev (February 18 1994 , –February 10 1996 )
*Alexander Kotenkov (February 10 1996 , –April 5 2004 )
*Alexander Kosopkin (sinceApril 5 2004 )External links
* [http://www.duma.ru Official site]
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