# 1st State Duma

The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the 1st convocation (Russian: Государственная Дума Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации I созыва) is a former convocation of the legislative branch of the State Duma, Lower House of the Russian Parliament, worked from December 12, 1993 – December 16, 1995. The first few months, the State Duma was located in the Comecon building on New Arbat Avenue, then moved to the State Duma building on Okhotny Ryad.

## Leadership

On January 14, 1994, the parliament elected Agrarian Ivan Rybkin as the Chairman of the State Duma. Before his election, the session was moderated by the oldest deputy, 68-year-old Liberal Democrat Georgy Lukava.
| Office | MP | MP | Period | Parliamentary affiliation |
| Chairman | | Ivan Rybkin | 14 January 1994 – 17 January 1996 | Agrarian Party |
| First Deputy Chairman | | Mikhail Mityukov | 17 January 1994 – 17 January 1996 | Choice of Russia |
| Deputy Chairmen | | Valentin Kovalyov | 17 January 1994 – 18 January 1995 | Communist Party |
| Deputy Chairmen | Gennady Seleznyov | 25 January 1995 – 17 January 1996 | | Communist Party |
| Deputy Chairmen | | Alexander Vengerovsky | 17 January 1994 – 17 January 1996 | Liberal Democratic Party |
| Deputy Chairmen | | Alevtina Fedulova | 17 January 1994 – 17 January 1996 | Women of Russia |
| Deputy Chairmen | | Artur Chilingarov | 10 June 1994 – 17 January 1996 | New Regional Policy |

### Chairman election

The first round was held on 13 January 1994 by rating voting using an open ballot. The runoff was conducted by secret ballot on the next day, before which Yury Vlasov endorsed Ivan Rybkin.
| Candidate | Candidate | Faction | First ballot | First ballot | Second ballot | Second ballot |
| Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Y Ivan Rybkin | Agrarian Party | 233 | 52.5% | 223 | 50.2% |
| | Yury Vlasov | Independent | 200 | 45.0% | 23 | 5.2% |
| | Vladimir Lukin | Yabloko | 176 | 39.6% | | |
| | Vladimir Medvedev | New Regional Policy | 145 | 32.7% |
| | Sergey Kovalyov | Choice of Russia | 138 | 31.1% |
| | Alexander Braginsky | Union of December 12 | 86 | 19.4% |
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## Factions and groups

| Faction | Seats | Faction leader |
| Liberal Democratic Party of Russia | 64 | Vladimir Zhirinovsky |
| Choice of Russia | 64 | Yegor Gaidar |
| Communist Party of the Russian Federation | 42 | Gennady Zyuganov |
| Agrarian Party of Russia | 37 | Mikhail Lapshin |
| Yabloko | 27 | Grigory Yavlinsky |
| Women of Russia | 23 | Yekaterina Lakhova |
| Party of Russian Unity and Accord | 22 | Sergey Shakhray |
| Democratic Party of Russia | 14 | Stanislav Govorukhin |
| Other | 21 | |
| Independent MPs | 130 | |
| Vacant | 6 | |

## Committees

23 committees operated in the State Duma of the 1st convocation.
| Committee | Chair | Faction |
| Law, Judicial and Legal Reform | Vladimir Isakov | Agrarian Party |
| Labour and Social Welfare | Sergey Kalashnikov | Liberal Democratic Party |
| Budget, Taxes, Banking and Finance | Mikhail Zadornov | Yabloko |
| Economic Policy | Sergey Glazyev | Democratic Party |
| Property, Privatization and Economic Activity | Sergey Burkov | New Regional Policy |
| Information Policy and Communications | Mikhail Poltoranin | Choice of Russia |
| Industry, Construction, Transport and Energy | Vladimir Gusev | Liberal Democratic Party |
| Education, Culture and Science | Lyubov Rozhkova | New Regional Policy |
| Health | Bela Denisenko | Choice of Russia |
| Women, Family and Youth | Galina Klimantova | Women of Russia |
| Agrarian Issues | Aleksandr Nazarchuk | Agrarian Party |
| Agrarian Issues | Alexey Chernyshyov | Agrarian Party |
| Defence | Sergey Yushenkov | Choice of Russia |
| Security | Viktor Ilyukhin | Communist Party |
| Foreign Affairs | Vladimir Lukin | Yabloko |
| CIS Affairs and Relations with Compatriots | Konstantin Zatulin | Democratic Party |
| Organization of the State Duma | Vladimir Bauer | New Regional Policy |
| Geopolitics | Viktor Ustinov | Stability |
| Federation Affairs and Regional Policy | Sergey Shapovalov | Party of Russian Unity and Accord |
| Local Government | Anatoly Sliva | Party of Russian Unity and Accord |
| Ecology | Mikhail Lemeshev | Liberal Democratic Party |
| Natural Resources and Land Use | Nikolay Astafyev | Liberal Democratic Party |
| Public Associations and Religious Organizations | Viktor Zorkaltsev | Communist Party |
| Nationalities | Bair Zhamsuyev | Stability |

## Major legislation

* Federal Constitutional Law "On the Constitutional Court" (21 July 1994)
* Civil Code of Russia (21 October 1994)
* Arbitration Procedure Code of Russia (5 April 1995)
* Federal Constitutional Law "On the referendum" (7 July 1995)
* Water Code of Russia (16 November 1995)
* Family Code of Russia (8 December 1995)