# 7th State Duma

The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the 7th convocation (Russian: Государственная Дума Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации седьмого созыва) is a former convocation of the lower house of Russian parliament.
The composition of the 7th State Duma was based on the results of the 2016 parliamentary 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 participating in the elections, only four were able to overcome the required 5% electoral threshold. Two more parties and one independent candidate were able to enter the State Duma via single-mandate constituencies.

## Leadership

The first meeting, according to tradition, was held by its eldest deputy, 86-year-old Zhores Alferov (CPRF). Alferov was joined on the podium by other elder deputies Valentina Tereshkova (UR), Vladimir Zhirinovsky (LDPR), Galina Khovanskaya (SR).
On 5 October 2016, Vyacheslav Volodin was elected Chairman of the State Duma.
| Office | MP | Period | Parliamentary affiliation |
| Chairman | Vyacheslav Volodin | October 5, 2016 — September 19, 2021 | United Russia |
| First Deputy Chairmen | Alexander Zhukov | October 5, 2016 — September 19, 2021 | United Russia |
| First Deputy Chairmen | Ivan Melnikov | October 5, 2016 — September 19, 2021 | Communist Party |
| Deputy Chairmen | Sergey Neverov | October 5, 2016 — February 13, 2020 | United Russia |
| Deputy Chairmen | Irina Yarovaya | October 5, 2016 — September 19, 2021 | United Russia |
| Deputy Chairmen | Pyotr Tolstoy | October 5, 2016 — September 19, 2021 | United Russia |
| Deputy Chairmen | Vladimir Vasilyev | October 5, 2016 — October 3, 2017 | United Russia |
| Deputy Chairmen | Olga Timofeeva | October 11, 2017 — September 19, 2021 | United Russia |
| Deputy Chairmen | Alexey Gordeyev | February 13, 2020 — September 19, 2021 | United Russia |
| Deputy Chairmen | Igor Lebedev | October 5, 2016 — September 19, 2021 | Liberal Democratic Party |
| Deputy Chairmen | Olga Yepifanova | October 5, 2016 — September 29, 2020 | A Just Russia |
| Deputy Chairmen | Igor Ananskikh | September 30, 2020 — September 19, 2021 | A Just Russia |
| Faction leaders | Vladimir Vasilyev | October 5, 2016 — October 3, 2017 | United Russia |
| Faction leaders | Sergey Neverov | October 9, 2017 — September 19, 2021 | United Russia |
| Faction leaders | Gennady Zyuganov | October 5, 2016 — September 19, 2021 | Communist Party |
| Faction leaders | Vladimir Zhirinovsky | October 5, 2016 — September 19, 2021 | Liberal Democratic Party |
| Faction leaders | Sergey Mironov | October 5, 2016 — September 19, 2021 | A Just Russia |

### Election of Chairman

On 23 September 2016, President Vladimir Putin proposed that United Russia nominate Vyacheslav Volodin to the post of Chairman of the State Duma. The majority leader Vladimir Vasilyev said that the United Russia faction will support the candidacy of Volodin. On 24 September, United Russia approved candidates for the posts of chairman and Vice Chairmen of the State Duma. The heads of the Liberal Democratic Party and A Just Russia factions also announced their support for Volodin.
The Communist Party nominated Dmitry Novikov for the position of Chairman of the State Duma.
| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | √ Vyacheslav Volodin (UR) | 404 | 89.8% |
| | Dmitry Novikov (CPRF) | 40 | 8.9% |
| Not voting | Not voting | 6 | 1.3% |

## Factions

After the election, four parliamentary factions formed. The largest fraction consists of 335 Deputies, consisting of 334 deputies from United Russia and one Independent Deputy. United Russia increased the number of their faction by more than 100 seats, thus obtaining a constitutional majority (2/3 of seats). In first time since 2007, two small parties were also able to pass in addition to the four major parties in the State Duma. Both parties have one Deputy, and they are not included in one of the factions. The Rodina party received representation in the State Duma, the first since 2003. Also in the State Duma was the party of Civic Platform, which participated in the elections for the first time.
| | (Shading indicates majority caucus) | (Shading indicates majority caucus) | (Shading indicates majority caucus) | (Shading indicates majority caucus) | (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | Vacant |
| | United Russia | Communist Party | Liberal Democratic Party | A Just Russia | Unaffiliated | Total | Vacant |
| End of previous convocation | 238 | 92 | 56 | 64 | DNP | 450 | 0 |
| Seats won in 2016 election | 343 | 42 | 39 | 23 | 3 | 450 | 0 |
| October 5, 2016 | 343 | 42 | 39 | 23 | 2 | 449 | 1 |
| June 9, 2017 | 342 | 42 | 39 | 23 | 2 | 448 | 2 |
| June 17, 2017 | 341 | 42 | 39 | 23 | 2 | 447 | 3 |
| September 10, 2017 | 342 | 42 | 40 | 23 | 2 | 449 | 1 |
| October 3, 2017 | 341 | 42 | 40 | 23 | 2 | 448 | 2 |
| October 6, 2017 | 340 | 42 | 40 | 23 | 2 | 447 | 3 |
| January 17, 2018 | 339 | 42 | 40 | 23 | 2 | 446 | 4 |
| May 10, 2018 | 338 | 42 | 40 | 23 | 2 | 445 | 5 |
| June 13, 2018 | 337 | 42 | 39 | 23 | 2 | 443 | 7 |
| August 11, 2018 | 336 | 42 | 39 | 23 | 2 | 442 | 8 |
| September 9, 2018 | 341 | 43 | 40 | 23 | 2 | 449 | 1 |
| September 27, 2018 | 341 | 43 | 39 | 23 | 2 | 448 | 2 |
| December 13, 2018 | 340 | 43 | 39 | 23 | 2 | 447 | 3 |
| April 5, 2019 | 339 | 43 | 39 | 23 | 2 | 446 | 4 |
| July 10, 2019 | 338 | 43 | 39 | 23 | 2 | 445 | 5 |
| September 8, 2019 | 341 | 43 | 40 | 23 | 2 | 449 | 1 |
| January 22, 2020 | 341 | 43 | 40 | 22 | 2 | 448 | 2 |
| January 23, 2020 | 340 | 43 | 40 | 22 | 2 | 447 | 3 |
| February 7, 2020 | 339 | 43 | 40 | 22 | 2 | 446 | 4 |
| June 25, 2020 | 338 | 43 | 40 | 22 | 2 | 445 | 5 |
| July 24, 2020 | 337 | 43 | 40 | 22 | 2 | 444 | 6 |
| September 13, 2020 | 340 | 43 | 40 | 23 | 2 | 448 | 2 |
| September 22, 2020 | 338 | 43 | 40 | 23 | 2 | 446 | 4 |
| September 29, 2020 | 337 | 43 | 40 | 23 | 2 | 445 | 5 |
| December 24, 2020 | 336 | 43 | 40 | 23 | 2 | 444 | 6 |
| Latest voting share | 74.7% | 9.6% | 8.9% | 5.1% | 0.4% | 98.7% | 1.3% |

## Committees and Commissions
### Committees

On September 26, 2016, fractions distributed positions of heads of committees.
| Committees | Leader | Party |
| On Constitutional Legislation and State Building | Pavel Krasheninnikov | United Russia |
| On Information Policy, Information Technologies and Communications | Leonid Levin (until January 22, 2020) | A Just Russia |
| On Information Policy, Information Technologies and Communications | Alexander Khinshtein (since January 22, 2020) | United Russia |
| On Labour, Social Policy and Veterans' Affairs | Yaroslav Nilov | Liberal Democratic Party |
| On Budget and Tax | Andrey Makarov | United Russia |
| On Financial Market | Anatoly Aksakov | A Just Russia |
| On Industry, Economic Policy, Innovative Development and Entrepreneurship | Sergey Zhigarev | Liberal Democratic Party |
| On Energy | Pavel Zavalny | United Russia |
| On Transport and Construction | Yevgeny Moskvichev | United Russia |
| On Culture | Stanislav Govorukhin (until June 14, 2018) | United Russia |
| On Culture | Yelena Yampolskaya (since 25 July 2018) | United Russia |
| On Defence | Vladimir Shamanov | United Russia |
| On Safety and Anti-Corruption | Vasily Piskarev | United Russia |
| On International Affairs | Leonid Slutsky | Liberal Democratic Party |
| On Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs, Eurasian Integration and Relations with Compatriots | Leonid Kalashnikov | Communist Party |
| On the Federal Structure and Local Government | Alexei Didenko | Liberal Democratic Party |
| On Regional Policy and the problems of the North and the Far East | Nikolai Kharitonov | Communist Party |
| On Agrarian Issues | Vladimir Kashin | Communist Party |
| On Natural Resources | Nikolay Nikolaev | United Russia |
| On Ecology and Environmental Protection | Olga Timofeeva (until October 11, 2017) | United Russia |
| On Ecology and Environmental Protection | Vladimir Burmatov (since October 11, 2017) | United Russia |
| On Education and Science | Vyacheslav Nikonov | United Russia |
| For Nationalities | Ildar Gilmutdinov (until January 22, 2020) | United Russia |
| For Nationalities | Oleg Nikolaev (January 22–29, 2020) | A Just Russia |
| For Nationalities | Valery Gazzaev (since February 4, 2020) | A Just Russia |
| On Health | Dmitry Morozov | United Russia |
| On Physical Culture, Sport and Youth Affairs | Mikhail Degtyarev (until July 20, 2020) | Liberal Democratic Party |
| On Physical Culture, Sport and Youth Affairs | Boris Paikin (since July 21, 2020) | Liberal Democratic Party |
| On Housing Policy and Housing and Communal Services | Galina Khovanskaya | A Just Russia |
| On Rules and Organization of the State Duma | Olga Savastianova | United Russia |
| On Public Associations and Religious Organizations | Sergey Gavrilov | Communist Party |
| On Women, Family and Children | Tamara Pletnyova | Communist Party |

### Commissions

| Commissions | Leader | Party |
| Counting commission | Ildar Gilmutdinov | United Russia |
| On issues of parliamentary ethics, control over reliability of data on incomes, about property and obligations of property character, represented by deputies of the State Duma | Otari Arshba (since 19 September 2018) | United Russia |
| On legal support of development of organizations of the military–industrial complex of Russia | Vladimir Gutenev | United Russia |
| On consideration of Federal budget expenditures aimed at ensuring national defense, national security and law enforcement | Andrey Makarov | United Russia |
| On investigate the interference of foreign states in the internal affairs of Russia | Vasily Piskarev (since 19 August 2019) | United Russia |
| On issues of parliamentary ethics | Otari Arshba (until 19 September 2018) | United Russia |
| On control over reliability of data on incomes, about property and obligations of property character, represented by deputies of the State Duma | Natalia Poklonskaya (until 19 September 2018) | United Russia |

## Major legislation
### First session

* October 7, 2016: Ratification of the agreement with Syria regarding the location of the grouping of the Russian Aerospace Forces, with 446 votes in favor.
* October 19, 2016: Ratification of a bill on the suspension agreement with the United States on plutonium disposition, with 445 votes in favor.
* November 18, 2016: Federal Budget for 2017 is passed with 334 votes in favor.

### Second session

* January 20, 2017: Ratification of the agreement with Turkey on Turkish Stream, with 416 votes in favor.
* January 27, 2017: Adoption of the law on decriminalization of family beatings, with 380 votes in favor.
* June 9, 2017: Elvira Nabiullina re-approved as Governor of the Central Bank of Russia, with 360 votes in favor.
* July 19, 2017: Adoption of the law on revoking Russian citizenship (not granted through birth) for terrorism, with 409 votes in favor.

### Third session

* November 15, 2017: Adoption of amendments to the law "About Information", regarding the status of foreign media as foreign agents, with 414 votes in favor.
* November 24, 2017: Federal Budget for 2018 is passed with 341 votes in favor.

### Fourth session

* May 8, 2018: Dmitry Medvedev re-approved as Prime Minister of Russia with 374 votes in favor.
* May 22, 2018: Adoption of the law on counter-sanctions with 416 votes in favor.
* May 22, 2018: Alexei Kudrin approved as Chairman of the Accounts Chamber with 264 votes in favor.
* July 24, 2018: Adoption of the law on increasing Value-added tax from 18% to 20% with 302 votes in favor.
* July 25, 2018: Adoption of amendments to the law "About Education in the Russian Federation", regulating the study of the native languages of the peoples of Russia and the official languages of the federal subjects, with 388 votes in favor.

### Fifth session

* September 27, 2018: Adoption of the law on increase the retirement age (from 55/60 to 60/65) with 332 votes in favor.
* November 21, 2018: Federal Budget for 2019 is passed with 361 votes in favor.

### Sixth session

* March 7, 2019: Adoption of the law on fight against fake news with 322 votes in favor.
* March 7, 2019: Adoption of the law on punishment for distribution in information networks of the information expressing in an indecent form obvious disrespect to society, the state, official state symbols of Russia, the Constitution of Russia and public authorities of Russia with 327 votes in favor.
* April 16, 2019: Adoption of the law on "A Sovereign Internet" with 307 votes in favor.
* June 18, 2019: Adoption of the law on the suspension of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with 417 votes in favor.

### Seventh session

* November 21, 2019: Federal Budget for 2020 is passed with 337 votes in favor.

### Eighth session

* January 16, 2020: Mikhail Mishustin approved as Prime Minister of Russia with 383 votes in favor.
* March 11, 2020: Approved amendments to the Constitution of Russia with 383 votes in favor.
* July 21, 2020: Adoption of the law on three-day voting in elections with 344 votes in favor.

### Ninth session

* October 27, 2020: Approved amendments to the Federal Constitutional Law "On the Constitutional Court of Russia" with 357 votes in favor.
* October 27, 2020: Adoption of the Federal Constitutional Law "On the Government of Russia" with 352 votes in favor.
* November 10, 2020: Vitaly Savelyev approved as Minister of Transport with 274 votes in favor.
* November 10, 2020: Alexander Kozlov approved as Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology with 274 votes in favor.
* November 10, 2020: Aleksey Chekunkov approved as Minister for Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic with 324 votes in favor.
* November 10, 2020: Irek Faizullin approved as Minister for Construction and Housing with 328 votes in favor.
* November 10, 2020: Nikolay Shulginov approved as Minister of Energy with 329 votes in favor.
* November 10, 2020: Alexander Novak approved as Deputy Prime Minister with 327 votes in favor.
* November 25, 2020: Adoption of the Federal Law "On the State Council of Russia" with 344 votes in favor.
* November 26, 2020: Federal Budget for 2021 is passed with 328 votes in favor.

## Members
### Vacant seats

By-elections were held for seats that became vacant from September 2016 to June 2020. Seats that became vacant after 19 June 2020, for which no by-elections will be held, since by law by-elections are not held if MPs are elected for a term of less than a year before the next election.
| Constituency | Constituency | Region | Former Deputy | Former Party |
| 55 | Central | Krasnoyarsk Krai | Pyotr Pimashkov | United Russia |
| 96 | Bratsk | Irkutsk Oblast | Andrey Chernyshev | United Russia |
| 137 | Iskitim | Novosibirsk Oblast | Alexander Karelin | United Russia |
| 143 | Buguruslan | Orenburg Oblast | Igor Sukharev | United Russia |
| 151 | Taganrog | Rostov Oblast | Yury Kobzev | United Russia |
| 165 | Balashov | Saratov Oblast | Yevgeny Primakov Jr. | United Russia |
| 225 | Yamalo-Nenets | Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug | Grigory Ledkov | United Russia |