2nd State Duma
 State Duma of the Russian Federationof the 2nd convocation |
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Seat composition of the 2nd State Duma
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| Meeting place | State Duma Building Moscow, street Okhotny Ryad, 1 |
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| Term | 17 December 1995 – 19 December 1999 | ||||
| Election | 1995 parliamentary election | ||||
| Government | 27 committees | ||||
| Website | State Duma | ||||
| Members | 450 | ||||
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Gennadiy Seleznyov (from Communist Party) |
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The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation the second convocation (Russian: Государственная Дума Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации II созыва) is the former convocation of the legislative branch 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.
Until the election of the Chairman of the State Duma of the meeting, according to tradition, spent the oldest deputy – 73 year-old of Grigory Galaziy.
On January 17, 1996, the parliament elected Gennadiy Seleznyov as the Chairman of the State Duma.
Five Prime Ministers were approved by the State Duma of the second convocation.
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 and genocide of the Russian people.
Was formed a special Commission under the leadership of Vadim Filimonov.
May 15, 1999 voted to impeach Yeltsin, but none of the accusations has not received the necessary 300 votes.
In the State Duma of the 2nd convocation operated 27 Committees.
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