1st State Duma

State Duma of the Russian Federation
of the 1st convocation
State Duma of the Russian Federation; of the 1st convocation
	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 – 22 December 1995
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.

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 .

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
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		Communist Party
		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

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		First ballot		Second ballot
Votes	%	Votes	%
	√ Ivan Rybkin (APR)	233	52.5%	223	50.2%
	Yury Vlasov (IND)	200	45.0%	23	5.2%
	Vladimir Lukin (Yabloko)	176	39.6%
	Vladimir Medvedev ()	145	32.7%
	Sergey Kovalyov (VR)	138	31.1%
	Alexander Braginsky ()	86	19.4%
Source:^[4]

Factions and groups[]

Faction		Seats
	Liberal Democratic Party of Russia	64
	Democratic Choice of Russia	64
	Communist Party of the Russian Federation	42
	Agrarian Party of Russia	37
	Yabloko	27
	Women of Russia	23
	Party of Russian Unity and Accord	22
	Democratic Party of Russia	14
	Other	21
	Independent MPs	130
	Vacant	6

Committees[]

In the State Duma of the 2nd convocation operated 23 Committees.

Committee on Law, Judicial and Legal Reform
Committee on Labour and social support
Committee on Budget, Taxes, Banking and Finance
The Economic Policy Committee
Committee on Property, Privatization and economic activity
Committee on Information Policy and Communications
Industry, Construction, Transport and Energy Committee
Committee on Education, Culture and Science
Health Protection Committee
Committee on Women, Family and Youth
Committee on Agrarian Issues
The Defence Committee
Safety Committee
Committee on International Affairs
Committee on Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs and Relations with Compatriots
Committee on the organization of the State Duma
Committee on Geopolitics
Committee on Federation Affairs and Regional Policy
Committee on Local Government
The Environmental Committee
Committee on Natural Resources and the Environment
The Committee on Public Associations and Religious Organizations
Committee for Nationalities

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[]

^ The State Duma of the 1st convocation
^ "The first few months, the State Duma was placed not on Okhotny Ryad, where repair was, and on the New Arbat, in the building of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance". Archived from the original on 2016-09-16. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
^ The State Duma in Russia's recent history
^ "Leadership of the State Duma of the first convocation (1994-1995)". politika.su (in Russian).

[1] The State Duma of the 1st convocation

[2] "The first few months, the State Duma was placed not on Okhotny Ryad, where repair was, and on the New Arbat, in the building of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance". 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).

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