Chief Justice of the Russian Federation

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Chief Justice of the Russian Federation
Emblem of the Supreme Court of Russia.svg
Seal of the Supreme Court
Vyacheslav Lebedev 2019.jpg
Incumbent
Vyacheslav Lebedev
since 26 July 1989
Supreme Court of Russia
StatusChief justice
Member ofJudiciary of Russia
SeatMoscow
AppointerThe President
with Federation council advice and consent
Term length6 years; without term limits
Constituting instrumentConstitution of Russia
FormationJanuary 1923
(98 years ago) (1923-01) as the Chairman of the Supreme Court of the RSFSR
First holderPēteris Stučka
WebsiteSupCourt.Ru

The Chief Justice of the Russian Federation (officially: 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]

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 Pēteris Stučka at Brest-Litovsk (1918) 1.jpg Pyotr Stuchka
(1865–1932) 		January 1923 25 January 1932
2 Blank.png Ivan Bulat
(1896–1938) 		January 1932 17 September 1937
3 Blank.png Yakov Dmitriyev
(1892–1975) 		22 September 1937 17 October 1937
4 Blank.png Andrey Solodilov[3]
(1900–1948) 		27 October 1937 September 1938
5 Blank.png Ignaty Rozhnov September 1938 February 1939
6 Blank.png Anatoly Rubichev
(1903–1973) 		28 January 1939 4 May 1945
7 Blank.png Alexander Nesterov
(1905–?) 		4 May 1945 16 June 1949
8 Blank.png Stepan Bityukov
(1905–1966) 		August 1949 15 March 1957
9 Blank.png Anatoly Rubichev
(1903–1973) 		15 March 1957 July 1962
10 Blank.png Lev Smirnov
(1911–1986) 		July 1962 September 1972
11 Blank.png  [ru]
(1923–1999) 		September 1972 December 1984
12 Blank.png  [ru]
(1924–1997) 		6 December 1984 6 July 1987
13 Blank.png  [ru]
(1923–2017) 		7 July 1987 7 June 1989
14 Viacheslav Lebedev 21.11.2014.jpeg 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 2019.jpg 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[]

  1. ^ (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
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Верховные судьи РСФСР
  3. ^ Председатели Верховного Суда РСФСР
  4. ^ "The Chief Justice". Archived from the original on 15 February 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  5. ^ "Biography of Vyacheslav Lebedev". TASS.

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