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3rd State Duma

{{Short description|Convocation of the lower house of Russian parliament}}

{{about-distinguish|3rd State Duma of the Russian Federation (1999–2003)|State Duma of the Russian Empire#Third Duma{{!}}3rd State Duma of the Russian Empire (1907–1912)}}

{{Infobox legislative session

| name = {{flagicon|Russia}} State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
{{small|at the 3rd convocation}}

| image = Russian State Duma 1999-2003.svg

| image_size = 250px

| caption = Seat composition of the 3rd State Duma

| meeting_place = State Duma Building
Moscow, 1 Okhotny Ryad street

| election = 19 December 1999

| term_start = {{Start date|2000|01|18|df=y}}

| term_end = {{End date|2003|12|29|df=y}}

| before = 2nd State Duma

| after = 4th State Duma

| government = 28 committees

| website = [http://www.duma.gov.ru/ State Duma]

| membership1 = 450

| control1 = 1st coalition: Unity and Communist Party
2nd coalition: Unity and Fatherland – All Russia

| chamber1_leader1_type = Chairman

| chamber1_leader1 = Gennadiy Seleznyov
{{small|(from Communist Party)}}

}}The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the 3rd convocation ({{langx|ru|Государственная Дума Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации III созыва}}) is a former convocation of the legislative branch of the State Duma, lower house of the Russian Parliament, elected on 19 December 1999. The 3rd convocation met at the State Duma building in Moscow from January 18, 2000 to December 29, 2003.

Leadership

Until the election of the Chairman of the State Duma of the meeting, the position was filled by the oldest deputy – 79 year-old of Yegor Ligachyov – according to traditions.

On January 18, 2000, the parliament elected Gennadiy Seleznyov as the Chairman of the State Duma.{{Cite web |url=http://poisk-zakona.ru/169550.html |title=Resolution of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation from 18.01.2000 number 6-III GD |access-date=2016-03-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323011448/http://poisk-zakona.ru/169550.html |archive-date=2016-03-23 |url-status=dead }}

List of deputies

{{Hidden begin|title=List of deputies{{Cite web |title=Депутаты |url=http://duma.gov.ru/duma/deputies/3/ |access-date=2025-01-27 |website=Государственная Дума |language=ru}}{{Cite web |date= |title=Депутаты Государственной Думы III созыва |url=http://www.politika.su/fs/gd3dai.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809201905/http:/www.politika.su/fs/gd3dai.html |archive-date=2020-08-09 |access-date=2025-01-27 |website=www.politika.su}}}}

Communist Party

{{columns-list|* Dmitry Abramenkov

Liberal Democratic Party

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Unity

{{columns-list|* Alexey Alekseyev

Fatherland – All Russia

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Union of Right Forces

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Yabloko

{{Columns-list|* Alexei Arbatov

Regions of Russia

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Agro-industrial deputy group

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People's Deputies

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Outside of factions and groups

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Factions

File:Leaders of the State Duma Factions 5 January 2000.jpg Vladimir Putin, January 5, 2000]]

class=wikitable
colspan=2|Faction

! Leader

! colspan=2|Seats

style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}"|

|Communist Party of the Russian Federation

|Gennady Zuganov

|113

|style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}"|

style="background-color:{{party color|Unity (Russian political party)}}"|

|Unity

|Boris Gryzlov

|73

|style="background-color:{{party color|Unity (Russian political party)}}"|

rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{party color|Fatherland – All Russia}}|

|rowspan=2|Fatherland – All Russia

|Yevgeny Primakov (until 2001)

|rowspan=2|66

|rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{party color|Fatherland – All Russia}}"|

Vyacheslav Volodin (from 2001)
rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{party color|Union of Right Forces}}|

|rowspan=2|Union of Right Forces

|Sergey Kiriyenko (until 23 May 2000)

|rowspan=2|29

|rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{party color|Union of Right Forces}}"|

Boris Nemtsov (from 23 May 2000){{Cite web|last=|first=|title=The "Union of Right Forces" faction in The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the 3rd convocation|url=http://www.politika.su/fs/gd3fsp.html|language=ru}}
style="background-color:{{party color|Yabloko}}"|

|Yabloko

|Grigory Yavlinsky

|20

|style="background-color:{{party color|Yabloko}}"|

style="background-color:{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party of Russia}}"|

|Zhirinovsky Bloc

|Igor Lebedev

|17

|style="background-color:{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party of Russia}}"|

style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (politician)}}"|

|colspan=2|Independents

|123

|style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (politician)}}"|

style="background-color:Black"|

|colspan=2|Vacant

|9

|style="background-color:Black|

File:Gennady Seleznyov.jpg – Chairman of the State Duma for the 3rd convocation]]File:Building of Council of Labor and Defense, Moscow.jpg

Coalitions

In the State Duma at the 3rd convocation, two coalitions functioned at different times as the majority. In both cases, the coalitions were initiated by the "Unity" faction.

The first coalition was formed immediately after the announcement of election results, during the preparations for the first meeting of the new parliament. The "Unity" faction and the Communist Party (the largest in the State Duma) signed a package agreement, according to which they shared the top positions of the Duma and the chairmanships of parliamentary committees. As for "Unity" it was mainly to keep the levers of control of the State Duma from its main competitors at that time - "Fatherland-All Russia". The Communists made an agreement on favorable terms. Later, second coalition was formed, The so-called "Coalition of Four" which included Unity, Fatherland-All Russia, People’s Deputy, and Russia’s Regions, and comprised exactly half of the Duma. The latter two of these groups were not parties per se, but rather deputy groups formed in the Duma.

During the session, the parliament consolidated pro-government forces around President Vladimir Putin: the merger of public movements "Unity" and "Fatherland" was announced,[http://www.newsru.com/arch/russia/01dec2001/ed_ot.html In Moscow, the party "Unity" and "Fatherland" was founded] which led to corresponding changes in the State Duma. In April 2002, the newly formed majority of the State Duma cleaned house and deprived the Communists of the benefits they received at the beginning. They were deprived of the majority of management positions. This caused a crisis within the Communist Party faction - Chairman of the State Duma Gennady Seleznyov, as well as heads of two committees (Svetlana Goryacheva and Nikolai Gubenko) chose to leave the faction, and to keep their positions.{{Cite web |url=http://www.nasledie.ru/oborg/2_15/article.php?art=114 |title=On the expulsion of the Communist Party G. Seleznev, S. and N. Goryacheva Hubenko |access-date=2016-03-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809203412/http://www.nasledie.ru/oborg/2_15/article.php?art=114 |archive-date=2011-08-09 |url-status=dead }}

Major legislation

  • May 17, 2000: Mikhail Kasyanov was approved as Prime Minister of Russia with 325 votes in favor.[http://rus.delfi.lv/news/daily/abroad/v-rossii-novyj-premer-ministr.d?id=153146 In Russia, the new Prime Minister]
  • May 14, 2003: Ratification of the Russian-American Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty with 294 votes in favor.[http://lenta.ru/russia/2003/05/14/snp The State Duma ratified the agreement with the SNP on the America]

File:Vladimir Putin 18 January 2000-2.jpg Vladimir Putin in the State Duma, May 18, 2000]]

Committees

28 committees operated in the State Duma at the 3rd convocation.

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! Committee

! Chair

! colspan=2|Faction

Law

|Pavel Krasheninnikov

|style="background-color:{{party color|Union of Right Forces}}|

|Union of Right Forces

rowspan=2|State-Building

|Anatoly Lukyanov

|style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}"|

|Communist Party

Valery Grebennikov

|style="background-color:{{party color|Fatherland – All Russia}}"|

|Fatherland – All Russia

rowspan=2|Labour and Social Policy

|Valery Saykin

|style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}"|

|Communist Party

Andrey Selivanov

|style="background-color:{{party color|Union of Right Forces}}|

|Union of Right Forces

Budget and Taxes

|Alexander Zhukov

|style="background-color:#777777|

|Regions of Russia

Credit Organizations and Financial Markets

|Alexander Shokhin

|style="background-color:#FFCC00"|

|People's Deputy

Economic Policy and Entrepreneurship

|Sergey Glazyev

|style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}"|

|Communist Party

rowspan=2|Property Issues

|Vladimir Pekhtin

|rowspan=2; style="background-color:{{party color|Unity (Russian political party)}}"|

|rowspan=2|Unity

Viktor Pleskachevsky
rowspan=2|Industry, Construction and High Technology

|Yuri Maslyukov

|style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}"|

|Communist Party

Martin Shakkum

|style="background-color:#777777|

|Regions of Russia

Energy, Transport and Communications

|Vladimir Katrenko

|style="background-color:{{party color|Unity (Russian political party)}}"|

|Unity

Defence

|Andrey Nikolayev

|style="background-color:#FFCC00"|

|People's Deputy

Security

|Alexander Gurov

|style="background-color:{{party color|Unity (Russian political party)}}"|

|Unity

International Affairs

|Dmitry Rogozin

|style="background-color:#FFCC00"|

|People's Deputy

rowspan=2|CIS Affairs and Relations with Compatriots

|Boris Pastukhov

|rowspan=2; style="background-color:{{party color|Fatherland – All Russia}}"|

|rowspan=2|Fatherland – All Russia

Andrey Kokoshin
rowspan=2|Federation Affairs and Regional Policy

|Leonid Ivanchenko

|style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}"|

|Communist Party

Viktor Grishin

|style="background-color:{{party color|Fatherland – All Russia}}"|

|Fatherland – All Russia

Local Government

|Vladimir Mokry

|style="background-color:{{party color|Unity (Russian political party)}}"|

|Unity

rowspan=2|Rules and Organization of the State Duma

|Nikolay Loktionov

|rowspan=2; style="background-color:{{party color|Unity (Russian political party)}}"|

|rowspan=2|Unity

Vasily Volkovsky
Information Policy

|Konstantin Vetrov

|style="background-color:{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party of Russia}}"|

|Liberal Democratic Party

Health Protection and Sports

|Nikolai Gerasimenko

|style="background-color:#FFCC00"|

|People's Deputy

rowspan=2|Education and Science

|Ivan Melnikov

|style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}"|

|Communist Party

Alexander Shishlov

|style="background-color:{{party color|Yabloko}}"|

|Yabloko

Women, Family and Children

|Svetlana Goryacheva

|style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}"|

|Communist Party

rowspan=2|Agrarian Issues

|Vladimir Plotnikov

|style="background-color:{{party color|Agrarian Party of Russia}}|

|Agroindustrial Group

Gennady Kulik

|style="background-color:{{party color|Fatherland – All Russia}}"|

|Fatherland – All Russia

Natural Resources and Land Use

|Alexander Belyakov

|style="background-color:{{party color|Unity (Russian political party)}}"|

|Unity

Ecology

|Vladimir Grachev

|style="background-color:{{party color|Unity (Russian political party)}}"|

|Unity

Public Associations and Religious Organizations

|Viktor Zorkaltsev

|style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}"|

|Communist Party

rowspan=2|Nationalities

|Alexander Tkachov

|rowspan=2; style="background-color:{{party color|Agrarian Party of Russia}}|

|rowspan=2|Agroindustrial Group

Valentin Nikitin
Culture and Tourism

|Nikolai Gubenko

|style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}"|

|Communist Party

North and Far East Issues

|Valentina Pivnenko

|style="background-color:#FFCC00"|

|People's Deputy

Veterans Affairs

|Viktor Kulikov

|style="background-color:{{party color|Fatherland – All Russia}}"|

|Fatherland – All Russia

References

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