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2nd State Duma Of The Russian Federation
The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the 2nd convocation () 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. 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. Chairman election Factions and groups Major legislation Five Prime Ministers were approved by the State Duma of the second convocation. File:Viktor Chernomyrdin in EC July 1997 (cropped).jpg, File:Sergei Kirienko - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos 2000 (cropped).jpg, File:E Primakov 03.jpg, File:SStepashin.jpg, File:Vladimir Putin 31 December 1999-3.jpg, *August 10, 1996: Viktor Chernomyrdin re-approved as Prime Minister of Russia with 314 votes in favor ...
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State Duma
The State Duma is the lower house of the Federal Assembly (Russia), Federal Assembly of Russia, with the upper house being the Federation Council (Russia), Federation Council. It was established by the Constitution of Russia, Constitution of the Russian Federation in 1993. The Duma headquarters are located in central Moscow, a few steps from Manezhnaya Square, Moscow, Manege Square. Its members are referred to as deputies. The State Duma replaced the Supreme Soviet of Russia, Supreme Soviet as a result of the new constitution introduced by Boris Yeltsin in the aftermath of the Russian constitutional crisis of 1993, and approved in a 1993 Russian constitutional referendum, nationwide referendum. In the 2007 Russian legislative election, 2007 and 2011 Russian legislative elections a full party-list proportional representation with 7% electoral threshold system was used, but this was subsequently repealed. The legislature's term length was initially 2 years in the 1993–1995 ele ...
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Democratic Choice Of Russia
The Democratic Choice of Russia (DCR), known before 1994 as the "Choice of Russia" Bloc (CR), was a Russian centre-right conservative-liberal political party. Later the party was self-disbanded and most members would merge into the Union of Right Forces. Background and establishment At the elections to the State Duma held on 12 December 1993, the Choice of Russia bloc (the predecessor to the Democratic Choice of Russia) received 15.51% of the vote, and consequently, 40 seats in the State Duma. On 20 January 1994, having lost influence over making economic decisions and opposed to the increase of budget expenditure, the leader of the Choice of Russia, Yegor Gaidar, resigned from the government headed by Viktor Chernomyrdin. At that point the Choice of Russia lost its status as a pro-government faction, yet at the same time it continued to support president Boris Yeltsin and Chernomyrdin's government by providing constructive criticism of their policies. On 12 and 13 Ju ...
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