4th State Duma

Russian Federation of the 4th convocation
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Seat composition of the 4th State Duma
Overview
Meeting place	State Duma Building Moscow, Okhotny Ryad street, 1
Term	29 December 2003 (2003-12-29) – 24 December 2007 (2007-12-24)
Election	7 December 2003
Government	23 committees
Website	State Duma
Members	450
First Deputy	Lyubov Sliska (from United Russia) Alexander Zhukov (from United Russia)
Deputy	List Liberal Democratic Party )
Party control	United Russia

The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the 4th convocation (Russian: Государственная Дума Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации IV созыва) is a former convocation of the legislative branch of the State Duma, Lower House of the Russian Parliament. The 4th convocation met chiefly at the

The first meeting of the State Duma traditionally held oldest deputy – 80 year-old of Valentin Varennikov.

On December 29, 2003, the parliament elected Boris Gryzlov as the Chairman of the State Duma.^[2]

Major legislation

• March 5, 2004: Mikhail Fradkov approved as Prime Minister of Russia with 352 votes in favor.^[4]
• May 12, 2004: Mikhail Fradkov re-approved as Prime Minister of Russia with 356 votes in favor.^[5]
• December 3, 2004: A law on the abolition of the direct election of regional heads with 358 votes in favor.^[6]
• September 14, 2007: Viktor Zubkov approved as Prime Minister of Russia with 381 votes in favor.^[7]

Committees

In the State Duma of the 4th convocation operated 28 Committees.

• Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Building
• Committee on Civil, Criminal, Arbitration and Procedural Law
• Veterans Affairs Committee
• Committee of Labour and Social Policy
• Budget and Tax Committee
• Committee on Credit Organizations and Financial Markets
• Committee on Economic Policy, Entrepreneurship and Tourism
• Committee on Property Issues
• Information Policy Committee
• Committee on Energy, Transport and Communications
• Committee on Industry, Construction and High Technology
• Education and Science Committee
• Committee on Culture
• Committee on Physical Culture, Sport and Youth Affairs
• Health Protection Committee
• Committee on Women, Family and Children
• 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
• Committee on the problems of the North and Far East
• 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

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