2nd State Duma

Russian Federation

of the 2nd convocation

←	Communist Party )

The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the 2nd convocation (

State Duma building in Moscow

Leadership

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

On January 17, 1996, the parliament elected

Gennady Seleznyov as the Chairman of the State Duma.^[1]

Office		Period
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	Democratic Choice
	Boris Kuznetsov	17 February 1999–18 January 2000	Our Home – Russia
Deputy Chairmen	Sergey Baburin	18 January 1996–18 January 2000	Russian All-People's Union
	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	Regions of Russia
	Mikhail Yuryev	20 March 1996–18 January 2000	Yabloko

Candidate		First ballot		Second ballot		Third ballot
Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
	√ CPRF )	216	48.0%	219	48.7%	231	51.3%
	Ivan Rybkin (IND)	166	36.9%	51	11.3%	150	33.3%
	Vladimir Lukin (Yabloko)	56	12.4%			50	11.1%
Source:^[2]

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

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

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.

The procedure of

collapse of the Soviet Union; 1993 constitutional crisis; the outbreak of War in Chechnya

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

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

In the State Duma of the 2nd convocation operated 27 Committees.

Committee on law and judicial and legal reform
Veterans Affairs Committee
Committee of Labour and Social Policy
Committee on Budget, Taxes Banking and Finance
Committee on Economic Policy
Committee on Property, Privatization and economic activity
Information Policy Committee
Committee on Energy, Transport and Communications
Committee on Industry, Construction and High Technology
Education and Science Committee
Culture and Tourism Committee
Health Protection Committee
Committee on Women, Family and Youth
Committee on Agrarian Issues
Defence Committee
Safety Committee
Committee on International Affairs
Committee on Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs and Relations with Compatriots
Committee on Rules and Organization of the State Duma
Problems of the North Committee
Committee on Geopolitics
Committee on Federation Affairs and Regional Policy
Committee on Local Government
The Environmental Committee
Committee on Natural Resources and the Environment
Committee on Public Associations and Religious Organizations
Committee for Nationalities

List of convocations of the State Duma of the Russian Federation (and year convened)