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Meeting place State Duma Building
Moscow, street Okhotny Ryad, 1 Term 19 December 1999 (1999-12-19) – 7 December 2003 (2003-12-07) Election 1999 parliamentary election | ||
The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation the 3rd convocation (Russian: Государственная Дума Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации III созыва) is the former convocation of the legislative branch of the State Duma, Lower House of the Russian Parliament. The 3rd convocation meets at the State Duma building in Moscow, worked from December 19, 1999 – December 7, 2003.
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Leadership
Until the election of the Chairman of the State Duma of the meeting, according to tradition, spent the oldest deputy – 79 year-old of Yegor Ligachyov.
On January 18, 2000, the parliament elected Gennadiy Seleznyov as the Chairman of the State Duma.
Coalitions
In the State Duma of the 3 convocation two coalitions have worked at different times of the majority, in both cases, formed at the initiative of 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. Faction "Unity" and the Communist Party (the largest in the State Duma) have signed a package agreement, according to which shared the top positions of the Duma and the chairmanships of parliamentary committees. As for the "Unity" it was mainly to prevent the levers of control by Parliament of its main competitors at that time - a fraction "Fatherland-All Russia", the Communists made a section on favorable terms.
During the work of the parliament was consolidated pro-government forces around President Vladimir Putin: it was announced on the merger of public movement "Unity" and "Fatherland", which led to corresponding changes in the State Duma. In April 2002, the newly formed majority of the State Duma held a cleaning manual and deprived the Communists received at the beginning of the benefits. 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.
Major legislation
Committees
In the State Duma of the 3rd convocation operated 28 Committees.