Committee on International Affairs of the State Duma

The **Committee on International Affairs of the State Duma** () is a committee of the State Duma.

The Committee implements foreign policy in Russia. The Committee works with parliaments in other countries. They also checks treaties. After they have checked the treaty, the State Duma votes on the treaty.

When the President of Russia decides a new ambassador, the Committee has to agree to use that person for ambassador.

## Membership

Members of the Committee in the 8th State Duma:
|Member|Position|colspan=2|Party||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**Leonid Slutsky**|Chair of the Committee|align=center style="background: ;"||Liberal Democratic Party|
|**Svetlana Zhurova**|First Deputy Chair of the Committee|align=center style="background: ;"||United Russia|
|**Vyacheslav Nikonov**|First Deputy Chair of the Committee|align=center style="background: ;"||United Russia|
|**Dmitry Novikov**|First Deputy Chair of the Committee|align=center style="background: ;"||Communist Party|
|**Shamsail Saraliev**|First Deputy Chair of the Committee|align=center style="background: ;"||United Russia|
|**Alexey Chepa**|First Deputy Chair of the Committee|align=center style="background: ;"||A Just Russia — For Truth|
|**Irina Rodnina**|Deputy Chair of the Committee|align=center style="background: ;"||United Russia|
|**Dmitry Belik**|Member of the Committee|align=center style="background: ;"||United Russia|
|**Maria Butina**|Member of the Committee|align=center style="background: ;"||United Russia|
|**Sergey Kotkin**|Member of the Committee|align=center style="background: ;"||United Russia|
|**Dmitry Kuznetsov**|Member of the Committee|align=center style="background: ;"||A Just Russia — For Truth|
|**Zelimkhan Mutsoev**|Member of the Committee|align=center style="background: ;"||United Russia|
|**Valentina Tereshkova**|Member of the Committee|align=center style="background: ;"||United Russia|
|**Saygidpasha Umakhanov**|Member of the Committee|align=center style="background: ;"||United Russia|
|**Roza Chemeris**|Member of the Committee|align=center style="background: ;"||New People|

## Chairs

|Duma|colspan=2|Chair|Took office|Left office|colspan=2|Political Party||||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=center|1st|rowspan=2 align=center||rowspan=2 align=center|**Vladimir Lukin** <small>(1937–)</small>|align=center|17 January 1994|align=center|17 January 1996|rowspan=2 align=center style="background: ;"||rowspan=2 align=center|Yabloko|align=center||
|align=center|2nd|align=center|17 January 1996|align=center|19 January 2000|align=center||||||||||
|align=center|3rd|align=center||align=center|**Dmitry Rogozin** <small>(1963–)</small>|align=center|19 January 2000|align=center|16 January 2004|align=center style="background: ;"||align=center|Rodina|align=center||
|align=center|4th|rowspan=2 align=center||rowspan=2 align=center|**Konstantin Kosachev** <small>(1962–)</small>|align=center|16 January 2004|align=center|24 December 2007|rowspan=2 align=center style="background: ;"||rowspan=2 align=center|United Russia|align=center||
|align=center|5th|align=center|24 December 2007|align=center|21 December 2011|align=center||||||||||
|align=center|6th|align=center||align=center|**Aleksey Pushkov** <small>(1954–)</small>|align=center|21 December 2011|align=center|5 October 2016|align=center style="background: ;"||align=center|United Russia|align=center||
|align=center|7th|rowspan=2 align=center||rowspan=2 align=center|**Leonid Slutsky** <small>(1968–)</small>|align=center|5 October 2016|align=center|12 October 2021|rowspan=2 align=center style="background: ;"||rowspan=2 align=center|Liberal Democratic Party|align=center||
|align=center|8th|align=center|12 October 2021|align=center|Incumbent|align=center||||||||||

## Other websites

- Committee on International Affairs of the State Duma, committee activity.

## Infobox (legislature)

- **name**: Committee on International Affairs of the State Duma
- **background color**: #F8CB39
- **coa pic**: Emblem_gosduma.svg
- **coa res**: 200px
- **legislature**: State Duma
- **leader1 type**: Chairman
- **leader1**: Leonid Slutsky (politician), Leonid Slutsky
- **party1**: Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, Liberal Democratic Party
- **members**: 15
- **meeting place**: State Duma building
1 Okhotny Ryad Street, Moscow
- **session room**: State Duma Committee on International Affairs session (2024-04-10).jpg