2nd State Duma

This article is about 2nd State Duma of the Russian Federation (1995–1999) and is not to be confused with 2nd State Duma of the Russian Empire (1907).

The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the 2nd convocation (Russian: Государственная Дума Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации II созыва) is a former convocation of the State Duma, Lower House of the Russian Parliament. The 2nd convocation meets at the State Duma building in Moscow, worked from December 17, 1995 – December 19, 1999.

State Duma of the Russian Federation of the 2nd convocation
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Seat composition of the 2nd State Duma
Overview
Meeting place	State Duma building Moscow, Okhotny Ryad street, 1
Term	17 January 1996 (1996-01-17) – 24 December 1999 (1999-12-24)
Election	1995 parliamentary election
Government	27 committees
Website	State Duma
Members	450
Chairman	Gennady Seleznyov (from Communist Party)

Modern building of the State Duma.

Leadership

Gennadiy Seleznyov – Chairman of the State Duma on the 2nd convocation.

The first meeting of the 2nd State Duma was moderated by the oldest deputy, 73 year-old Grigory Galaziy.

Office	MP		Period	Parliamentary affiliation
Chairman		Gennady Seleznyov	17 January 1996 – 18 January 2000		Communist Party
First Deputy Chairmen		Alexander Shokhin	18 January 1996–5 September 1997		Our Home – Russia
		Vladimir Ryzhkov	10 September 1997–3 February 1999
		Boris Kuznetsov	17 February 1999–18 January 2000
Deputy Chairmen		Sergey Baburin	18 January 1996–18 January 2000		Narodovlastie
		Svetlana Goryacheva	18 January 1996–18 January 2000		Communist Party
		Mikhail Gutseriyev	18 January 1996–18 January 2000		Liberal Democratic Party
		Artur Chilingarov	18 January 1996–18 January 2000		Russian Regions
		Mikhail Yuryev	20 March 1996–18 January 2000		Yabloko

Chairman election

On January 17, 1996, the parliament elected Gennady Seleznyov as the Chairman of the State Duma.^[1]

Candidate		First ballot		Second ballot		Third ballot
Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Y Gennady Seleznyov (CPRF)	216	48.0%	219	48.7%	231	51.3%
	Ivan Rybkin (IND) (incumbent)	166	36.9%	51	11.3%	150	33.3%
	Vladimir Lukin (Yabloko)	56	12.4%			50	11.1%
Other	8	1.8%	5	1.1%	11	2.4%
Source:[2]

Factions and groups

Faction		Seats
	Communist Party of the Russian Federation	139
	Our Home – Russia	65
	Liberal Democratic Party of Russia	49
	Yabloko	45
	Russian Regions – Independent MPs	44
	Narodovlastie	41
	Agrarian Deputy Group	35
	Independent MPs	19
	Democratic Choice of Russia	6
	Vacant	7

Major legislation

Five Prime Ministers were approved by the State Duma of the second convocation.^[3]

• 
  Viktor Chernomyrdin
• 
  Sergei Kiriyenko
• 
  Yevgeny Primakov
• 
  Sergei Stepashin
• 
  Vladimir Putin

• August 10, 1996: Viktor Chernomyrdin re-approved as Prime Minister of Russia with 314 votes in favor.
• April 24, 1998: Sergei Kiriyenko approved as Prime Minister of Russia with 251 votes in favor.
• September 11, 1998: Yevgeny Primakov approved as Prime Minister of Russia with 317 votes in favor.
• May 19, 1999: Sergei Stepashin approved as Prime Minister of Russia with 301 votes in favor.
• August 16, 1999: Vladimir Putin approved as Prime Minister of Russia with 233 votes in favor.

Attempted impeachment of Boris Yeltsin

The procedure of impeachment of Boris Yeltsin was initiated in May 1999 on the basis of five charges: the collapse of the Soviet Union; 1993 constitutional crisis; the outbreak of War in Chechnya; weakening the country's defense.

Was formed a special Commission under the leadership of Vadim Filimonov.

On May 15, 1999, the vote to impeach Yeltsin was held, but none of the accusations received the necessary 300 votes.^[4]

Accusation(s)	Voice of factions									Result
	Communist Party	Liberal Democratic Party	Our Home – Russia	Yabloko	Agrarian Party	Narodovlastie	Regions of Russia	Independent	Democratic Choice of Russia
	Collapse of the Soviet Union	127	1	1	5	35	43	20	9		0	239/300
1993 constitutional crisis	128	2	0	24	35	43	22	9	0	263/300
War in Chechnya	128	1	1	37	35	42	22	12	0	283/300
Weakening the country's defense	127	2	2	3	35	43	20	9	0	241/300
Genocide of the Russian people	127	2	2	0	35	43	19	9	0	238/300

Committees

28 Committees operated in the State Duma of the 2nd convocation.

Committee	Chair	Parliamentary group		Composition (as of 1996)[5]
Legislation, Judicial and Legal Reform	Anatoly Lukyanov		Communist Party	14 members ▌ CPRF (4) ▌ Independent (3) ▌ Yabloko (3) ▌ ADG (1) ▌ NDR (1) ▌ LDPR (1) ▌ Russian Regions (1)
Labour and Social Policy	Sergey Kalashnikov		Liberal Democratic Party	15 members ▌ CPRF (7) ▌ LDPR (2) ▌ NDR (2) ▌ Yabloko (2) ▌ ADG (1) ▌ Narodovlastie (1)
Veterans Affairs	Valentin Varennikov		Communist Party	10 members ▌ CPRF (6) ▌ ADG (1) ▌ LDPR (1) ▌ NDR (1) ▌ Yabloko (1)
Health Protection	Nikolai Gerasimenko		Russian Regions	12 members ▌ NDR (3) ▌ CPRF (2) ▌ Russian Regions (2) ▌ ADG (1) ▌ LDPR (1) ▌ Narodovlastie (1) ▌ Yabloko (1) ▌ Independent (1)
Education and Science	Ivan Melnikov		Communist Party	12 members ▌ CPRF (7) ▌ NDR (2) ▌ LDPR (1) ▌ Narodovlastie (1) ▌ Yabloko (1)
Women, Family and Youth Affairs	Alevtina Aparina		Communist Party	12 members ▌ CPRF (6) ▌ NDR (2) ▌ ADG (1) ▌ LDPR (1) ▌ Yabloko (1) ▌ Independent (1)
Budget, Taxes, Banking and Finance	Mikhail Zadornov		Yabloko	46 members ▌ Independent (10) ▌ Russian Regions (9) ▌ Narodovlastie (8) ▌ NDR (6) ▌ Yabloko (6) ▌ CPRF (3) ▌ ADG (2) ▌ LDPR (2)
Economic Policy	Yuri Maslyukov		Communist Party	14 members ▌ CPRF (6) ▌ ADG (2) ▌ Narodovlastie (2) ▌ Yabloko (2) ▌ LDPR (1) ▌ NDR (1)
Property, Privatization and Economic Activities	Pavel Bunich		Our Home – Russia	21 members ▌ CPRF (5) ▌ LDPR (5) ▌ NDR (4) ▌ Narodovlastie (2) ▌ Russian Regions (2) ▌ Yabloko (2) ▌ Independent (1)
Agrarian Issues	Alexey Chernyshyov		Agrarian Group	21 members ▌ ADG (15) ▌ CPRF (3) ▌ LDPR (2) ▌ NDR (1)
Industry, Construction, Transport and Energy	Vladimir Gusev		Liberal Democratic Party	22 members ▌ CPRF (5) ▌ Narodovlastie (5) ▌ LDPR (4) ▌ NDR (4) ▌ Russian Regions (2) ▌ ADG (1) ▌ Yabloko (1)
Natural Resources and the Environment	Aleksey Mikhailov		Yabloko	13 members ▌ Russian Regions (3) ▌ ADG (2) ▌ CPRF (2) ▌ Yabloko (2) ▌ Independent (2) ▌ Narodovlastie (1) ▌ NDR (1)
Ecology	Tamara Zlotnikova		Yabloko	9 members ▌ CPRF (2) ▌ Yabloko (2) ▌ LDPR (1) ▌ Narodovlastie (1) ▌ NDR (1) ▌ Russian Regions (1) ▌ Independent (1)
Defence	Lev Rokhlin		Our Home – Russia	18 members ▌ CPRF (5) ▌ LDPR (3) ▌ NDR (3) ▌ Independent (3) ▌ ADG (1) ▌ Narodovlastie (1) ▌ Russian Regions (1) ▌ Yabloko (1)
Security	Viktor Ilyukhin		Communist Party	21 members ▌ CPRF (4) ▌ Russian Regions (4) ▌ Independent (4) ▌ LDPR (2) ▌ Narodovlastie (2) ▌ NDR (2) ▌ Yabloko (2) ▌ ADG (1)
International Affairs	Vladimir Lukin		Yabloko	23 members ▌ CPRF (6) ▌ LDPR (4) ▌ Russian Regions (3) ▌ Yabloko (3) ▌ Narodovlastie (2) ▌ NDR (2) ▌ Independent (2) ▌ ADG (1)
CIS Affairs and Relations with Compatriots	Georgy Tikhonov		Narodovlastie	14 members ▌ CPRF (4) ▌ Narodovlastie (3) ▌ Yabloko (3) ▌ ADG (2) ▌ LDPR (1) ▌ NDR (1)
Ethnicities	Vladimir Zorin		Our Home – Russia	12 members ▌ CPRF (4) ▌ NDR (4) ▌ Narodovlastie (2) ▌ LDPR (1) ▌ Russian Regions (1)
Federation Affairs and Regional Policy	Leonid Ivanchenko		Communist Party	15 members ▌ CPRF (4) ▌ NDR (3) ▌ Yabloko (3) ▌ Narodovlastie (2) ▌ Russian Regions (2) ▌ Independent (1)
Local Government Issues	Andrey Polyakov		Our Home – Russia	11 members ▌ CPRF (4) ▌ NDR (2) ▌ Yabloko (2) ▌ ADG (1) ▌ LDPR (1) ▌ Russian Regions (1)
Public Associations and Religious Organizations	Viktor Zorkaltsev		Communist Party	12 members ▌ CPRF (6) ▌ ADG (1) ▌ LDPR (1) ▌ NDR (1) ▌ Russian Regions (1) ▌ Yabloko (1) ▌ Independent (1)
Rules and Organization of the State Duma	Dmitry Krasnikov		Agrarian Group	12 members ▌ CPRF (5) ▌ ADG (2) ▌ NDR (2) ▌ LDPR (1) ▌ Russian Regions (1) ▌ Yabloko (1)
Information Policy and Communications	Oleg Finko		Liberal Democratic Party	13 members ▌ CPRF (4) ▌ LDPR (4) ▌ Russian Regions (2) ▌ Yabloko (2) ▌ NDR (1)
Geopolitics	Aleksey Mitrofanov		Liberal Democratic Party	13 members ▌ LDPR (8) ▌ CPRF (2) ▌ ADG (1) ▌ NDR (1) ▌ Independent (1)
Conversion and High Technologies	Georgy Kostin		Narodovlastie	12 members ▌ CPRF (6) ▌ Narodovlastie (3) ▌ LDPR (1) ▌ NDR (1) ▌ Yabloko (1)
Tourism and Sports	Aleksandr Sokolov		Communist Party	12 members ▌ CPRF (7) ▌ ADG (1) ▌ LDPR (1) ▌ Narodovlastie (1) ▌ NDR (1) ▌ Yabloko (1)
North Affairs	Vladimir Goman		Russian Regions	11 members ▌ CPRF (3) ▌ NDR (3) ▌ LDPR (1) ▌ Narodovlastie (1) ▌ Russian Regions (1) ▌ Yabloko (1) ▌ Independent (1)
Culture	Stanislav Govorukhin		Narodovlastie	13 members ▌ CPRF (6) ▌ NDR (3) ▌ Narodovlastie (2) ▌ LDPR (1) ▌ Yabloko (1)