The full title of the post sounds like the chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. This is the main position in the Duma, along with this the most responsible. The Chairman of the State Duma is one of the first persons of the state, the future of the country largely depends on his decisions. The seat in the apparatus of governing the country with the Chairman of the State Duma is immediately after the President (Putin V.V.), Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation (Medvedev D.A.) and Chairman of the Federation Council (Matvienko V.I.)
How to be chair
The high status of the chairman imposes great responsibilities. Almost all organizational and personnel work in the Russian parliament lies with the chairman. He is also often an informal mediator between the government and parliament, as he is respected and highly respected. As a rule, the chairman of the State Duma after being elected to the post becomes a media person; he is more often mentioned in the media. His life and family become public.
Political career also often goes up and sometimes in the context of the party from which the politician was nominated. Such chairmen of the State Duma as Rybkin and Seleznev, after the end of their powers, continued their independent political career, for example.
Chairman Responsibilities
All questions on the sessions of the lower house of parliament are decided by the chairman of the State Duma. He provides general leadership and organizes work at meetings of the State Duma. He also establishes an internal mode of operation, guided by the Constitution and existing regulations. The Chairperson is the facilitator of the meetings. Announces the agenda, makes proposals for discussion, announces speakers, announces the results, etc.
The responsibility to represent the State Duma to other authorities, as well as reporting to the government and the president of the Russian Federation, also lies with the chairman. He negotiates and represents the chamber before the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, the Central Executive Committee, the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, the Courts of the Russian Federation, the Court of Audit, etc.
The head of the State Duma apparatus and his first deputy are appointed only by the chairman of the Duma after the consent of the Council of the State Duma. The work of the apparatus of the State Duma and the Council of the State Duma is also organized and conducted by the chairman. A representative of the State Duma of the Russian Federation is present in the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation; this person represents and dismisses the chairman of the State Duma. Also, the chairman can initiate the replacement of posts of his deputies, seats in committees and commissions of the State Duma.
Opportunities of the Chairman of the State Duma
If disputes or disagreements arise between the authorities in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation and public authorities, or between the subject and the subject, the chairman of the State Duma committee takes part in the settlement activities.
It provides access and familiarization of all deputies with the bills received. All materials related to the topic considered at future meetings, the chairman of the State Duma sends to the deputy parties and to the committee of the State Duma. After consideration and approval of the bill, the chairman sends the necessary documents to the Federation Council for further readings. In case of non-consideration of the bill by the Federation Council, in accordance with Art. 105 part 5 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the Chairman of the State Duma of Russia sends the bill directly to the President of the Russian Federation.
The chairman may delegate his responsibilities for reporting on the work of the chamber in the past period to one of the deputies.
With all the extensive terms of reference, any order, assignment, or decision of the chairman may be canceled by the State Duma.
Chair election
The Chairman of the State Duma is elected from the deputies of the new convocation. Using ballots, deputies vote for candidates. Candidates for the position are nominated either from the party or from the association of deputies. Usually voting is secret, but the State Duma may decide on an open vote.
After being nominated as candidates for the post of chairman of the State Duma, deputies speak from the rostrum, answer questions, and outline their political course. After the speeches of candidates from the rostrum, representatives of parties or associations may also speak out with the support of their candidate or with criticism of opponents.
Each candidate chair can recuse himself. All others are entered in the ballots. The one who gets at least half the votes of the total number of voting deputies is considered elected. If none of the candidates became the leader of the vote, then the second round of elections is held. Only the first two contenders with the maximum number of votes make it there. As in the first round, the one who gets at least half the vote is considered elected, despite the fact that each member of the State Duma votes only for one candidate.
Subtleties of choice
If the votes are distributed equally and the leader could not be determined, a second vote is assigned. If even after that none of the candidates scored the required number of votes, the State Duma begins to choose the first deputy chairman and vice-chairmen. Candidates for the post of chairman of the State Duma can run for deputy. Each deputy chairman of the State Duma is determined by a majority of votes.
The chairman of the State Duma can be relieved of his post by a majority vote in a Duma vote.
First convocation
The first State Duma was formed in the Russian Empire, during the time of the tsars. In modern history, the first convocation of the State Duma was December 12, 1993. Deputies were then elected for two years. The first chairman of the State Duma of the first convocation - Ivan Petrovich Rybkin, nominated by the "Agrarian Party" of Russia.
The State Duma of the first convocation lasted until 01/14/1996, hearings, readings and debates were held from January 11, 1994 to December 23, 1995.
First chairman
Ivan Petrovich Rybkin went down in the history of Russia as the first chairman of the State Duma of Russia. A deputy with a higher education in mechanical engineering later became a candidate of technical sciences and defended his doctoral dissertation, he is a doctor of political sciences. Before being elected to the State Duma, he was co-chairman of the SPT (Socialist Workers' Party), after working in the State Duma of the first convocation, he was deputy chairman of the Central Election Commission of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. In January 1994, he joined the Agrarian Party of Russia, where he became a member of the Board. He was elected to the second convocation. In mid-1994, he returned to the Socialist Workers Party. A year later, became chairman of the Public Association "Regions of Russia." Since 1996, he has been appointed chairman of the Socialist Party of Russia. In the same year he took the post of Minister of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.
This example shows how Rybkin’s career took off after he served as chairman of the State Duma.
And it all started with the work of a people's deputy in 1990. Rybkin was elected a deputy of the Volgograd region, where at that time he worked as first secretary of the Soviet District Committee of the CPSU of Volgograd. Rybkin was later appointed deputy head of the Main Water Agency of the Ministry of Agriculture in Moscow.
The difficult path of the pioneer
Six candidates took part in the first round of elections for the post of chairman of the State Duma of the first convocation: Rybkin from the APR and Communist Party, Vlasov from the Russian Way, Medvedev from the New Regional Policy and PRES, Lukin from Yabloko, Kovalev from Russia's Choice ", Braginsky from the" Union December 12 ". In the first round, Rybkin and Vlasov received the majority of votes, but not one of them overcame the established barrier. Since both candidates were nominated by left-wing patriotic forces, Vlasov decided to cast his votes to Rybkin and urged his party members to vote for the opponent. One of the deputies from the LDPR tried to challenge the honesty of the elections, but most of the deputies voted against Rybkin’s re-election initiative, expressing his support.
Four times during their term of office Rybkin wanted to be re-elected, removed from office and deprived of their authority. And each time, the majority of deputies at the polls supported him.
While working in the State Duma of the second convocation, Rybkin was forced to independently abandon the post of deputy in connection with his appointment as Minister of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.
