The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the 2nd convocation (Russian: Государственная Дума Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации II созыва) is a former convocation of the State Duma, Lower House of the Russian Parliament.
The first meeting of the 2nd State Duma was moderated by the oldest deputy, 73 year-old Grigory Galaziy.
On January 17, 1996, the parliament elected Gennady Seleznyov as the Chairman of the State Duma.
[1] Five Prime Ministers were approved by the State Duma of the second convocation.
[3] The procedure of impeachment of Boris Yeltsin was initiated in May 1999 on the basis of five charges: the collapse of the Soviet Union; 1993 constitutional crisis; the outbreak of War in Chechnya; weakening the country's defense and genocide of the Russian people.