Chief Justice of the Russian Federation
The Chief Justice of the Russian Federation, officially the Chairman of the Supreme Court (Russian: Председатель Верховного суда Российской Федерации) is the chief judge of the Supreme Court of Russia and the highest-ranking officer of the Russian federal judiciary.[1]
| Chief Justice of the Russian Federation | |
|---|---|
 Emblem of the Supreme Court | |
| Supreme Court of Russia | |
| Type | Chief justice |
| Member of | Judiciary of Russia |
| Seat | Moscow |
| Appointer | President |
| Term length | Six years, renewable |
| Constituting instrument | Constitution of Russia |
| Formation | 1 January 1923 |
| First holder | Pēteris Stučka |
| Website | SupCourt.Ru |
The Constitution grants plenary power to the president of Russia to nominate, and with the advice and consent of the Russian Federation Council, appoint a chief justice, who serves until they resign, retire, are impeached and convicted, or die.
Current chief justice is Vyacheslav Lebedev.
List
Chiefs Justice of Soviet Russia
| Chief Justice[2] | Took office | Left office | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | _1.jpg.webp) |
Pyotr Stuchka (1865–1932) |
January 1923 | 25 January 1932 |
| 2 |  |
Ivan Bulat (1896–1938) |
January 1932 | 17 September 1937 |
| 3 | |
Yakov Dmitriyev (1892–1975) |
22 September 1937 | 17 October 1937 |
| 4 | |
Andrey Solodilov[3] (1900–1948) |
27 October 1937 | September 1938 |
| 5 | |
Ignaty Rozhnov | September 1938 | February 1939 |
| 6 | |
Anatoly Rubichev (1903–1973) |
28 January 1939 | 4 May 1945 |
| 7 | |
Alexander Nesterov (1905–?) |
4 May 1945 | 16 June 1949 |
| 8 | |
Stepan Bityukov (1905–1966) |
August 1949 | 15 March 1957 |
| 9 | |
Anatoly Rubichev (1903–1973) |
15 March 1957 | July 1962 |
| 10 | |
Lev Smirnov (1911–1986) |
July 1962 | September 1972 |
| 11 | |
Alexander Orlov (1923–1999) |
September 1972 | December 1984 |
| 12 | |
Nikolay Malshakov (1924–1997) |
6 December 1984 | 6 July 1987 |
| 13 | |
Yevgeny Smolentsev (1923–2017) |
7 July 1987 | 7 June 1989 |
| 14 |  |
Vyacheslav Lebedev (born 1943) |
26 July 1989 | 26 December 1991 |
Chief Justice of the Russian Federation
| Chief Justice[2] | Took office | Left office | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (14) |
 |
Vyacheslav Lebedev[4] (born 1943) |
26 December 1991 | incumbent |
Lebedev was approved by the Federation Council on 2 July 1999, 21 February 2007, 18 July 2012, 21 May 2014 (after disestablishment of the Supreme Court of Arbitration) and 25 September 2019.[5]
See also
References
- (in Russian) Федеральный конституционный закон от 05.02.2014 N 3-ФКЗ «О Верховном Суде Российской Федерации», Federal Law "On the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation", consultant.ru
- Верховные судьи РСФСР
- Председатели Верховного Суда РСФСР
- "The Chief Justice". Archived from the original on 15 February 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- "Biography of Vyacheslav Lebedev". TASS.
External links
Media related to Chief Justice of the Russian Federation at Wikimedia Commons- Official website (in English)
- Chief justice of Soviet Russia