The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the 6th convocation (Russian: Государственная Дума Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации VI созыва) is a former convocation of the legislative branch of the State Duma, Lower House of the Russian Parliament. The 6th convocation meets at the

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, having begun its term on December 21, 2011 following the last session of the 5th State Duma. The term of office expired October 5, 2016, when the next parliamentary elections. The 6th State Duma's composition was based upon the results of the 2011 parliamentary election. Of the seven parties participating in the elections, only four were able to overcome the 7%

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to gain representation based upon the

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Leadership

On December 21, 2011, the parliament elected

Sergey Naryshkin Sergey Yevgenyevich Naryshkin ( rus, Серге́й Евге́ньевич Нары́шкин, p=sʲɪrˈɡʲej jɪˈvɡʲenʲjɪvʲɪtɕ nɐˈrɨʂkʲɪn; born 27 October 1954) is a Russian politician who has served as the Director of SVR, di ...

from the

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as the

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. At the same time, according to tradition, until the election of the Chairman of the State Duma, the meeting carried the oldest members of the State Duma – 87-year-old Vladimir Dolgikh (from

) and 81-year-old

Zhores Alferov Zhores Ivanovich Alferov ( rus, Жоре́с Ива́нович Алфёров, , ʐɐˈrɛs ɨˈvanəvʲɪtɕ ɐlˈfʲɵrəf}; ; 15 March 19301 March 2019) was a Soviet and Russian physicist and academic who contributed significantly to the cr ...

(from Communist Party).

Factions

Committees

On December 21, 2011, the State Duma approved the composition of its 27 committees.

Major legislation

Medvedev at State Duma meeting approved for prime minister

Some media have criticized the 6th Duma for adopting legislation which was not properly discussed, voted too quickly without consulting experts, and which may contradict the Constitution. * May 8, 2012:

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approved as

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with 299 votes in favor. * December 21, 2012: " Dima Yakovlev Law" with 420 votes in favor. * March 20, 2014: Ratification of the Federal Law " On joining of Crimea to the Russian Federation" with 443 votes in favor. * March 20, 2014: Federal constitutional law "On the adoption of the Russian Federation, the Republic of Crimea and the formation within the Russian Federation of new entities - the Republic of Crimea and the federal city of

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" with 444 votes in favor. *July 3, 2015: Moving forward the 2016 State Duma elections by three months, with 339 votes in favor. *June 24, 2016: The "

Yarovaya law The Yarovaya law (in Russian language, Russian: Закон Яровой, Romanization of Russian, transliteration: ''Zakon Jarovoy''), also Yarovaya package or Yarovaya — Ozerov package is a set of two Russian federal law, federal bills, 374-F ...

", with 287 votes in favor.Госдума приняла «пакет Яровой»
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List of deputies

References

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