Chief Justice of the Russian Federation explained

Post:Chief Justice
Body:the Russian Federation
Insignia:Emblem of the Supreme Court of Russia.svg
Insigniasize:100
Insigniacaption:Emblem of the Supreme Court
Incumbent:Irina Podnosova
Incumbentsince:17 April 2024
Department:Supreme Court of Russia
Type:Chief justice
Member Of:Judiciary of Russia
Seat:Moscow
Appointer:President
Termlength:Six years, renewable
Constituting Instrument:Constitution of Russia
First:Pyotr Stuchka

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.

Current Chief Justice is Irina Podnosova.

List

Chiefs Justice of Soviet Russia

Chief Justice[2] Took officeLeft office
1Pyotr Stuchka
(1865–1932)
1 January 192325 January 1932
2Ivan Bulat
(1896–1938)
25 January 193217 September 1937
3Yakov Dmitriyev
(1892–1975)
22 September 193717 October 1937
4Andrey Solodilov[3]
(1900–1948)
27 October 1937September 1938
5Ignaty RozhnovSeptember 1938February 1939
6Anatoly Rubichev
(1903–1973)
28 January 19394 May 1945
7Alexander Nesterov
(1905–?)
4 May 194516 June 1949
8Stepan Bityukov
(1905–1966)
August 194915 March 1957
9Anatoly Rubichev
(1903–1973)
15 March 1957July 1962
10Lev Smirnov
(1911–1986)
July 1962September 1972
11
(1923–1999)
September 1972December 1984
12
(1924–1997)
6 December 19846 July 1987
13
(1923–2017)
7 July 19877 June 1989
14Vyacheslav Lebedev
(1943–2024)
26 July 198926 December 1991

Chief Justice of the Russian Federation

Chief JusticeTook officeLeft office
1
(14)
Vyacheslav Lebedev[4]
(1943–2024)
26 December 199123 February 2024
Pyotr Serkov
(1955–)
24 February 202417 April 2024
2
(15)
Irina Podnosova
(1953–)
17 April 2024Incumbent
Lebedev was approved by the Federation Council on 2 July 1999, 21 February 2007, 18 July 2012, 21 May 2014 (after disestablishment of the High Court of Arbitration) and 25 September 2019.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305193833/http://tsud.ru/tsud4/jurist1/predsedateli_vs_rf.htm Верховные судьи РСФСР
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20081116023621/http://www.supcourt.ru/vscourt_detale.php?id=18 Председатели Верховного Суда РСФСР
  4. Web site: The Chief Justice . 15 February 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160215111521/http://supcourt.ru/catalog.php?c1=English . 15 February 2016 . dead . dmy-all .
  5. Web site: Biography of Vyacheslav Lebedev . TASS.