The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the 8th convocation (Russian: Государственная Дума Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации восьмого созыва) is the current convocation of the lower house of Russian parliament.

State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
of the 8th convocation
7th State Duma 9th State Duma
Seat composition of the 8th State Duma
Overview
Meeting placeState Duma building
1 Okhotny Ryad Street, Moscow
Term12 October 2021 –
Election17–19 September 2021
WebsiteState Duma
Members
447 / 450
ChairmanVyacheslav Volodin
First Deputy ChairmenAlexander Zhukov
Ivan Melnikov
Deputy Chairmen
Party controlSupermajority of United Russia (322)

The composition of the 8th State Duma was determined based on the results of the 2021 legislative election. Elections were held using a mixed system: 225 deputies were elected on party lists and 225 — in single-member constituencies. Of the 14 parties that participated in the elections, only 5 were able to overcome the 5% barrier. And for the first time since 1999, more than four parties were able to form their own factions. Three more parties and five independent candidates were able to win one seat each through single-mandate constituencies.[1]

In accordance with the presidential decree, the first meeting of the 8th State Duma was held on 12 October 2021.[2]

Leadership edit

Chairman of the State Duma

The leadership of the State Duma where elected at the first meeting.

In accordance with the Constitution, the oldest deputy opens the first session. However, for the first time ever, the second oldest deputy opened the first meeting. This was because the oldest deputy, 85-year-old Vladimir Resin, refused to open the meeting and therefore this duty was passed to 84-year-old Valentina Tereshkova.[3] In addition to Tereshkova, as per tradition, the presidium was also attended by the oldest deputies from each faction.

Office MP Period Parliamentary affiliation
Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin Since 12 October 2021 United Russia
First Deputy Chairmen[4] Alexander Zhukov Since 12 October 2021 United Russia
Ivan Melnikov Since 12 October 2021 Communist Party
Deputy Chairmen Anna Kuznetsova Since 12 October 2021 United Russia
Irina Yarovaya Since 12 October 2021 United Russia
Pyotr Tolstoy Since 12 October 2021 United Russia
Sergey Neverov Since 12 October 2021 United Russia
Alexey Gordeyev Since 12 October 2021 United Russia
Sholban Kara-ool Since 12 October 2021 United Russia
Alexander Babakov Since 12 October 2021 A Just Russia — For Truth
Boris Chernyshov Since 12 October 2021 Liberal Democratic Party
Vladislav Davankov Since 12 October 2021 New People
Faction leaders[5] Vladimir Vasilyev Since 12 October 2021 United Russia
Gennady Zyuganov Since 12 October 2021 Communist Party
Sergey Mironov Since 12 October 2021 A Just Russia — For Truth
Vladimir Zhirinovsky 12 October 2021 — 6 April 2022 Liberal Democratic Party
Leonid Slutsky Since 18 May 2022
(acting 6 April — 18 May 2022)
Alexey Nechayev Since 12 October 2021 New People

Chairman election edit

On 25 September 2021, during a meeting with the leaders of the parties elected to the State Duma, President Vladimir Putin expressed his support for the Chairman of the State Duma of the previous convocation Vyacheslav Volodin. Putin said that Volodin was worthy of becoming chairman again, but would leave the final decision to the deputies of the State Duma.[citation needed] After that, United Russia nominated Volodin for the position.[6] Since United Russia has a majority in the State Duma, this means that Volodin will be elected speaker without the support of other parties. Nevertheless, the Liberal Democratic Party and A Just Russia — For Truth also endorsed Volodin.[7][8]

The Communist Party refused to support Volodin and announced its intention to nominate its own candidate for the Chairman. The Communists named Dmitry Novikov, Leonid Kalashnikov and Yury Afonin as possible candidates.[9] On 7 October it was officially announced that the Communist Party would nominate Dmitry Novikov for Chairman of the State Duma.[10]

The New People party did not nominate a candidate, but also did not publicly endorse any candidate.

Candidate Votes %
Vyacheslav Volodin (UR) 360 80.0%
Dmitry Novikov (CPRF) 61 13.6%
Not voting 29 6.4%
Source:[11]

Factions edit

Five parties were able to overcome the 5% barrier in the elections and form their own factions. Candidates from three more parties were able to win in their constituencies, but they will not be able to form factions, since their parties did not pass the electoral barrier. They may to join the factions of other parties, or became unaffiliated deputies. Two of them joined the Liberal Democratic Party.[12] Also, independent deputies were elected in five constituencies, who could also become unaffiliated, but joined the factions of political parties. Two deputies joined United Russia,[13] two more joined New People[14] and one joined A Just Russia — For Truth.[15]

 
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total Vacant
United Russia Communist Party A Just Russia — For Truth[a 1] Liberal Democratic Party New People Unaffiliated
End of the previous convocation 336 43 23 40 DNP 2 444 6
Seats won in election 324 57 27 21 13 8 450 0
October 12, 2021
(first session)
326 28 23 15 1
November 10, 2021[a 2][16] 325 2
September 3, 2022[a 3][17] 324 449 1
April 23, 2023[a 4][18] 322 447 3
May 31, 2023[a 5][19] 321 446 4
September 10, 2023[a 6][20] 325 450 0
September 19, 2023[a 7][21] 324 449 1
Latest voting share 72.0% 12.7% 6.2% 5.1% 3.3% 0.4% 99.8% 0.2%
  1. ^ A Just Russia in previous convocation
  2. ^ Yevgeny Marchenko was expelled from the United Russia faction and became an unaffiliated MP
  3. ^ Alexey Chernyak resigned
  4. ^ Nikolay Bortsov and Dzhasharbek Uzdenov died
  5. ^ Viktor Zubarev died
  6. ^ Dmitry Averov, Yury Nesterenko, Soltan Uzdenov and Sergey Yeryomin were elected
  7. ^ Sergey Sokol resigned

Membership edit

Vacant seats edit

Constituency Region Former Deputy Former Party Note
35 Khakassia   Khakassia Sergey Sokol United Russia [21]

Committees and commissions edit

Committees edit

In the 8th convocation, the number of committees was increased from 26 to 32. According to Vyacheslav Volodin, the increase in committees is due to the expanded powers of the parliament during the constitutional reform. Since the State Duma approves the members of the government, it was decided to create committees based on the profile of line federal ministries, agencies and services.[22]

On 8 October 2021, during the meeting of the provisional working group on the preparation of the first plenary session, the composition of the committees and their leadership were approved.[23]

Committee issues[24] Chair Parties
Agrarian Issues Vladimir Kashin United Russia (15)
Communist Party (4)
A Just Russia — For Truth (1)
Budget and Taxes Andrey Makarov United Russia (22)
Communist Party (4)
A Just Russia — For Truth (1)
Liberal Democratic Party (1)
Party of Growth (1)
Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs,
Eurasian Integration and Relations with Compatriots
Leonid Kalashnikov United Russia (5)
Communist Party (3)
Construction and Housing and Communal Services Sergey Pakhomov United Russia (16)
Communist Party (2)
A Just Russia — For Truth (1)
Liberal Democratic Party (1)
Control Oleg Morozov United Russia (9)
Communist Party (1)
A Just Russia — For Truth (1)
Culture Yelena Yampolskaya United Russia (5)
A Just Russia — For Truth (2)
Communist Party (1)
Liberal Democratic Party (1)
New People (1)
Defence Andrey Kartapolov United Russia (10)
Communist Party (2)
Liberal Democratic Party (1)
Development of Civil Society,
Issues of Public and Religious Associations
Olga Timofeeva United Russia (5)
Communist Party (1)
A Just Russia — For Truth (1)
New People (1)
Development of the Far East and Arctic Nikolai Kharitonov United Russia (8)
Communist Party (2)
A Just Russia — For Truth (1)
Liberal Democratic Party (1)
Ecology, Natural Resources
and Environmental Protection
Dmitry Kobylkin United Russia (18)
Communist Party (2)
A Just Russia — For Truth (2)
Liberal Democratic Party (1)
New People (1)
Economic Policy Maxim Topilin United Russia (8)
Communist Party (1)
Liberal Democratic Party (1)
A Just Russia — For Truth (1)
Education Olga Kazakova United Russia (7)
A Just Russia — For Truth (2)
Communist Party (1)
New People (1)
Energy Pavel Zavalny United Russia (9)
Communist Party (1)
A Just Russia — For Truth (1)
Liberal Democratic Party (1)
New People (1)
Family, Women and Children Nina Ostanina United Russia (5)
Communist Party (2)
Financial Market Anatoly Aksakov United Russia (6)
Communist Party (2)
A Just Russia — For Truth (1)
Liberal Democratic Party (1)
Health Dmitry Khubezov
(until June 13, 2023)
United Russia (14)
Communist Party (2)
Badma Bashankayev
(since June 13, 2023)
A Just Russia — For Truth (1)
Liberal Democratic Party (1)
Industry and Trade Vladimir Gutenev United Russia (16)
Communist Party (1)
A Just Russia — For Truth (1)
New People (1)
Information Policy,
Information Technologies and Communications
Alexander Hinstein United Russia (6)
Communist Party (1)
New People (1)
International Affairs Leonid Slutsky United Russia (11)
Communist Party (1)
A Just Russia — For Truth (1)
Liberal Democratic Party (1)
New People (1)
Labour, Social Policy and Veterans' Affairs Yaroslav Nilov United Russia (8)
Communist Party (2)
Liberal Democratic Party (1)
Nationalities Affairs Gennady Semigin United Russia (5)
Communist Party (1)
A Just Russia — For Truth (1)
Physical Culture and Sport Dmitry Svishchev United Russia (8)
Liberal Democratic Party (2)
Communist Party (1)
New People (1)
Property, Land and Property Relations Sergey Gavrilov United Russia (9)
Communist Party (4)
Liberal Democratic Party (1)
Protection of Competition Valery Gartung United Russia (5)
A Just Russia — For Truth (2)
Communist Party (1)
Regional Policy and Local Government Alexei Didenko United Russia (7)
Communist Party (1)
A Just Russia — For Truth (1)
Liberal Democratic Party (1)
New People (1)
Safety and Anti-Corruption Vasily Piskarev United Russia (19)
Communist Party (3)
Liberal Democratic Party (1)
Independent (1)
Science and Higher Education Sergey Kabyshev United Russia (6)
Communist Party (1)
A Just Russia — For Truth (1)
Liberal Democratic Party (1)
New People (1)
Small and Medium-sized Entrepreneurship Alexander Demin United Russia (5)
Communist Party (1)
A Just Russia — For Truth (1)
New People (1)
State Construction and Legislation Pavel Krasheninnikov United Russia (10)
Communist Party (3)
A Just Russia — For Truth (1)
Liberal Democratic Party (1)
Tourism and Tourism Infrastructure Development Sangadji Tarbaev United Russia (11)
Communist Party (1)
New People (1)
Transport and Transport Infrastructure Development Yevgeny Moskvichev United Russia (18)
Communist Party (1)
Liberal Democratic Party (1)
Youth Policy Artem Metelev United Russia (6)
Communist Party (1)

Commissions edit

Commission issues[24] Chair (co–chairs) Parties
Control Over the Reliability of Information on Income, Property and Property Obligations
Submitted by Members of the State Duma and Mandate Issues
Otari Arshba United Russia (11)
Communist Party (4)
A Just Russia — For Truth (2)
Liberal Democratic Party (2)
New People (1)
Counting Commission Raisa Karmazina United Russia (8)
Communist Party (2)
A Just Russia — For Truth (1)
Liberal Democratic Party (1)
New People (1)
Ensuring the Housing Rights of Citizens[25]
(since February 22, 2022)
Galina Khovanskaya United Russia (13)
A Just Russia — For Truth (4)
Communist Party (2)
New People (2)
Liberal Democratic Party (1)
Party of Growth (1)
Investigation of Foreign Interference in Domestic Affairs of Russia[26]
(since March 23, 2022)
Vasily Piskaryov United Russia (7)
Communist Party (2)
A Just Russia — For Truth (2)
Liberal Democratic Party (2)
New People (2)
Parliamentary Ethics Valentina Tereshkova United Russia (11)
Communist Party (4)
A Just Russia — For Truth (2)
Liberal Democratic Party (2)
New People (1)
Regulations and Ensuring the Activities of the State Duma Viktor Pinsky United Russia (6)
Communist Party (1)
A Just Russia — For Truth (1)
Liberal Democratic Party (1)
New People (1)
Review of Federal Budget Expenditures Aimed at Ensuring National Defense,
National Security and Law Enforcement
Andrey Kartapolov
Andrey Makarov
Vasily Piskaryov
United Russia (14)
Communist Party (4)
A Just Russia — For Truth (3)
Liberal Democratic Party (1)

Major legislation edit

First session edit

  • November 24, 2021: Federal Budget for 2022 passed with 337 votes in favor.[27]
  • December 14, 2021: Federal Law "On the General Principles of the Organization of Public Authority in the Subjects of the Russian Federation" (Law on Regional Authorities) passed with 330 votes in favor.[28]

Second session edit

  • February 22, 2022: Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between Russia and the Donetsk People's Republic ratified with 400 votes in favor.[29]
  • February 22, 2022: Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between Russia and the Luhansk People's Republic ratified with 399 votes in favor.[30]

Third session edit

  • October 3, 2022: Treaty between the Russian Federation and the Donetsk People's Republic on the admission of the Donetsk People's Republic to the Russian Federation and the formation of a new federal subject of the Russian Federation ratified with 413 votes in favor.[31]
  • October 3, 2022: Federal Constitutional Law "On the admission of the Donetsk People's Republic to the Russian Federation and the formation of a new federal subject of the Russian Federation – the Donetsk People's Republic" passed with 413 votes in favor.[32]
  • October 3, 2022: Treaty between the Russian Federation and the Luhansk People's Republic on the admission of the Luhansk People's Republic to the Russian Federation and the formation of a new federal subject of the Russian Federation ratified with 412 votes in favor.[33]
  • October 3, 2022: Federal Constitutional Law "On the admission of the Luhansk People's Republic to the Russian Federation and the formation of a new federal subject of the Russian Federation – the Luhansk People's Republic" passed with 413 votes in favor.[34]
  • October 3, 2022: Treaty between the Russian Federation and Zaporozhye Oblast on the admission of Zaporozhye Oblast to the Russian Federation and the formation of a new federal subject of the Russian Federation ratified with 409 votes in favor.[35]
  • October 3, 2022: Federal Constitutional Law "On the admission of Zaporozhye Oblast to the Russian Federation and the formation of a new federal subject of the Russian Federation – the Zaporozhye Oblast" passed with 410 votes in favor.[36]
  • October 3, 2022: Treaty between the Russian Federation and Kherson Oblast on the admission of Kherson Oblast to the Russian Federation and the formation of a new federal subject of the Russian Federation ratified with 411 votes in favor.[37]
  • October 3, 2022: Federal Constitutional Law "On the admission of Kherson to the Russian Federation and the formation of a new federal subject of the Russian Federation – the Kherson" passed with 411 votes in favor.[38]
  • November 24, 2022: Federal Budget for 2023 passed with 320 votes in favor.[39]
  • November 14, 2021: Federal Law on Amendments to the Federal Law "On Information, Information Technologies and Information Protection" and Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation" (regarding the prohibition of propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations and (or) preferences) passed with 397 votes in favor.[40]

Fifth session edit

Major appointments edit

Cabinet edit

Non-cabinet edit

Major events edit

 
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi addressed the State Duma on January 20, 2022.

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