Chief Justice of the Russian Federation

The Chief Justice of the Russian Federation (Председатель Верховного суда Российской Федерации, Officially: Chairman of the Supreme Court) 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
Seal of the Supreme Court
Supreme Court of Russia
StatusChief justice
Member ofJudiciary of Russia
SeatMoscow
AppointerThe President
with Federation council advice and consent
Term lengthLife tenure
Constituting instrumentConstitution of Russia
FormationJanuary 1, 1923 (1923-01-01) as the Chairman of the Supreme Court of the RSFSR
First holderPēteris Stučka
WebsiteSupCourt.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.

Chief Justice of Soviet Russia
  • Pēteris Stučka (January 1923 – January 1932)[2][3]
  • Ivan Bulat (January 1932 – October 1937)
  • Yakov Dmitriev (October – November 1937)[3]
  • Andrei Solodilov (November 1937 – October 1938)[4][3]
  • Ignatiy Rozhnov (October 1938 – February 1939)[3]
  • Anatoliy Rubichev (February 1939 – May 1945)[3]
  • Aleksandr Nesterov (May 1945 – August 1949)[3]
  • Stepan Bityukov (August 1949 – March 1957)[3]
  • Anatoliy Rubichev (March 9, 1957 – July 1962)[3]
  • Lev Smirnov (July 1962 – 1972)[3]
  • Aleksandr Orlov (September 1972 – December 1984)[3]
  • Nikolai Malshakov (December 1984 – June 1987)[3]
  • Evgeniy Smolentsev (July 1987 – June 1989)[5][6][3]
  • Vyacheslav Lebedev (July 1989 – December 26, 1991)[3][7]

Chiefs Justice of the Russian Federation
Chief Justice Portrait Tenure Appointed by References
1. Vyacheslav Lebedev Since December 26, 1991 Yeltsin, Putin, Medvedev

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. Председатели Верховного Суда России (1923-2005 гг.)
  3. Верховные судьи РСФСР
  4. Председатели Верховного Суда РСФСР
  5. Смоленцев Евгений Алексеевич. Биография на официальном сайте Верховного Суда РФ
  6. Смоленцев Евгений Алексеевич. На сайте «Люди и книги»
  7. "The Chief Justice". Archived from the original on 15 February 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
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