Chief Justice of the Russian Federation
| 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 |
| Nominator | President |
| Appointer | Federation Council |
| Term length | Six years, renewable |
| Constituting instrument | Constitution of Russia |
| Formation | 1 January 1923 |
| First holder | Pyotr Stuchka |
| Website | SupCourt.Ru |
The chief justice of the Russian Federation, officially the president 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.
The current chief justice is Igor Krasnov.
List
[edit]Chief justices of Soviet Russia
[edit]| Chief Justice[2] | Took office | Left office | Previous office | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | _1.jpg) |
Pyotr Stuchka (1865–1932) |
1 January 1923 | 25 January 1932 | Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic (1918-1920) |
| 2 |  |
Ivan Bulat (1896–1938) |
25 January 1932 | 17 September 1937 | Deputy People's Commissar of Communication Routes of the Soviet Union (1931–1932) |
| 3 | |
Yakov Dmitriyev (1892–1975) |
22 September 1937 | 17 October 1937 | Justice of Supreme Court of the Soviet Union (1928–1937) |
| 4 | |
Andrey Solodilov[3] (1900–1948) |
27 October 1937 | September 1938 | Justice of Supreme Court of Russia (1935–1937) |
| – | |
Ignaty Rozhnov | September 1938 | February 1939 | Justice of Supreme Court of Russia (1937–1939) |
| 5 | |
Anatoly Rubichev (1903–1973) |
28 January 1939 | 4 May 1945 | Chief Justice of Ryazan Oblast (1937–1939) |
| 6 | |
Alexander Nesterov (1905–?) |
4 May 1945 | 16 June 1949 | Chief Justice of Altai Krai (1940–1945) |
| 7 | |
Stepan Bityukov (1905–1966) |
August 1949 | 15 March 1957 | Chief Justice of Gorky Oblast (1944–1949) |
| 8 | |
Anatoly Rubichev (1903–1973) |
15 March 1957 | July 1962 | Minister of Justice of Russia (1953-1957) |
| 9 | Lev Smirnov (1911–1986) |
July 1962 | September 1972 | Deputy Chief Justice of the Soviet Union (1957-1962) | |
| 10 | |
Alexander Orlov (1923–1999) |
September 1972 | December 1984 | First Deputy Chief Justice of Russia (1961-1972) |
| 11 | |
Nikolay Malshakov (1924–1997) |
6 December 1984 | 6 July 1987 | First Deputy Chief Justice of Russia (1972-1984) |
| 12 | |
Yevgeny Smolentsev (1923–2017) |
7 July 1987 | 7 June 1989 | Deputy Chief Justice of the Soviet Union (1977-1987) |
| 13 | .jpg) |
Vyacheslav Lebedev (1943–2024) |
26 July 1989 | 26 December 1991 | Chief Justice of Moscow (1986-1989) |
Chief Justice of the Russian Federation
[edit]| Chief Justice[2] | Took office | Left office | Previous office | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | |
Vyacheslav Lebedev[4] (1943–2024) |
26 December 1991 | 23 February 2024 (Died in office) |
Chief Justice of Moscow (1986-1989) |
| – |  |
Pyotr Serkov (born 1955) |
24 February 2024 | 17 April 2024 | First Deputy Chief Justice of Russia (2009-2025) |
| 14 |  |
Irina Podnosova (1953–2025) |
17 April 2024 | 22 July 2025 (Died in office) |
Deputy Chief Justice of Russia – Chairman of the Supreme Court Judicial Board on Economic Disputes (2020-2024) |
| – | .jpg) |
Yuri Ivanenko (born 1966) |
22 July 2025 | 24 September 2025 | Deputy Chief Justice of Russia – Chairman of the Supreme Court Judicial Board on Economic Disputes (2024-2026) |
| 15 | .png) |
Igor Krasnov (born 1975) |
24 September 2025 | Incumbent | Prosecutor General of Russia (2020-2025) |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ (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
- 1 2 Верховные судьи РСФСР
- ↑ Председатели Верховного Суда РСФСР
- ↑ "The Chief Justice". Archived from the original on 15 February 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
External links
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