Chairman of the State Duma the Russian Federation, Chairman of the State Duma creates a Scientific Council for law-making. State Duma has the right to cancel any order, the order of the Chairman. As of , there are three living former Chairmans. The most recent death of a former Chairman was that of Gennadiy Seleznyov (1996–2003) on 19 July 2015, aged 67. Chairman of the State Duma The Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation (), also called "Speaker" (), is the presiding officer of the lower house of the Russian parliament. His responsibilities include overseeing the day-to-day business
Duma, Nablus by Al Jiftlik and Fasayil to the east, Majdal Bani Fadil to the north, Qusra and Jalud to the west, and Al Mughayyir to the south. Pottery sherds from the Hellenistic, Hellenistic/Roman and Roman era have been found here. It has been suggested that Duma was the place called "Edumia" in the Onomasticon. South–southwest of the village is a spring called Ayn Duma, where water has been collected in ancient small pools, some hollowed out of rock. Duma, like the rest of Palestine, was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517, and in the census of 1596 the village appeared