Chief Justice of the Russian Federation | |
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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 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]
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[2] | Took office | Left office | ||
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1 | 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 Kirillovich Orlov (ru) (1923–1999) |
September 1972 | December 1984 | |
12 | Nikolay Malshakov (ru) (1924–1997) |
6 December 1984 | 6 July 1987 | |
13 | Yevgeny Smolentsev (ru) (1923–2017) |
7 July 1987 | 7 June 1989 | |
14 | Vyacheslav Lebedev (born 1943) |
26 July 1989 | 26 December 1991 |
Chief Justice[2] | Took office | Left office | ||
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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]