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4th State Duma of the Russian Federation

Russia State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
of the 4th convocation
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Seat composition of the 4th State Duma
Overview
Meeting place State Duma Building
Moscow, street Okhotny Ryad, 1
Term 7 December 2003 (2003-12-07) – 24 December 2007 (2007-12-24)
Election 2003 parliamentary election
Government

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committees
Website State Duma
Members
445 / 450
Chairman Boris Gryzlov
(from United Russia)
First Deputy Lyubov Sliska (from United Russia)
Alexander Zhukov (from United Russia)
Deputy
Party control United Russia

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The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation the 4th convocation (Russian: Государственная Дума Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации IV созыва) is the former convocation of the legislative branch of the State Duma, Lower House of the Russian Parliament. The 4th convocation meets at the State Duma building in Moscow (however, several meetings took place at the Tauride Palace in St. Petersburg), worked from December 7, 2003 to December 24, 2007.

The 4th State Duma's composition was based upon the results of the 2003 parliamentary election. Of the twenty–four parties participating in the elections, only four were able to overcome the 5% election threshold to gain representation based upon the proportional representation system and another party was held in the State Duma by winning a few electoral districts.

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.

First Deputy Chairman elected: Lyubov Sliska and Alexander Zhukov.

Deputy Chairman elected: Georgy Boos (before September 21, 2005), Yuri Volkov (since September 21, 2005), Artur Chilingarov, Vyacheslav Volodin, Vladimir Pekhtin, Oleg Morozov, Valentin Kuptsov, Dmitry Rogozin and Vladimir Zhirinovsky.


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