Vyacheslav Lebedev (Chief Justice) Explained

Vyacheslav Lebedev
Nationality:Russian
Order:Chief Justice of the Russian Federation
Nominator:Boris Yeltsin
Vladimir Putin
Term Start:25 December 1991
Term End:23 February 2024
Predecessor:Office established
Successor:Pyotr Serkov (acting)[1]
Irina Podnosova
Office1:Chief Justice of the Russian SFSR
Term Start1:26 July 1989
Term End1:16 December 1991
Predecessor1:Yevgeny Smolentsev
Successor1:Office disestablished
Office2:Chief Judge of the Moscow City Court
Term Start2:6 September 1986
Term End2:11 October 1989
Predecessor2:Lev Almazov
Birth Date:14 August 1943
Alma Mater:Moscow State University (Faculty of Law)
Death Place:Moscow, Russia
Resting Place:Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow
Native Name Lang:ru

Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Lebedev (Russian: link=no|Вячеслав Михайлович Лебедев; 14 August 1943 – 23 February 2024) was a Russian lawyer and jurist who served as the Chief Justice of Russia from 1989 until his death in 2024.[2]

Biography

Lebedev was born on 14 August 1943 in Moscow.[3] He attended the law faculty of the Lomonosov Moscow State University, which he graduated in 1968.[4]

Career

Rise in the Communist Party

Lebedev began work in 1969 as a human resources functionary of a department of the Ministry of Industrial Construction of the USSR. In 1970, he was elected as a Judge of the People’s District Court for Leningradskiy District in Moscow, and in 1977 he was appointed Chief Judge of the People’s District Court for Zheleznodorozhniy District in Moscow. He became deputy Chief Judge of Moscow City Court in 1984, assuming the position of the court’s Chief Judge in 1986.[5]

On July 26, 1989, Lebedev was appointed Chairman of the Supreme Court of the RSFSR. In August 1991, as Chairman of the Supreme Court, he did not support the State Committee on the State of Emergency (GKChP). In May 1993, Lebedev was part of the working commission tasked with refining the presidential draft of the Constitution.

Death

Lebedev died in Moscow on the night of 23 February 2024, at the age of 80.[6] [7] He suffered from cancer, and had recently been admitted to hospital.[8]

Honours

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Петр Серков будет исполнять обязанности председателя Верховного суда РФ . 24 February 2024 . Interfax . 24 February 2024 . 24 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240224094514/https://www.interfax.ru/russia/947551 . live .
  2. 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 .
  3. Web site: Умер председатель Верховного суда Вячеслав Лебедев . 2024-05-22 . TACC . ru.
  4. Web site: 2023-08-18 . Путин лично вручил главе ВС РФ Вячеславу Лебедеву орден Андрея Первозванного . 2024-05-22 . Российская газета . ru.
  5. Web site: 2024-02-26 . Жизнь Вячеслава Лебедева . 2024-05-22 . Ведомости . ru.
  6. Web site: 24 February 2024 . Умер председатель Верховного суда России Вячеслав Лебедев . 24 February 2024 . Коммерсантъ . ru . 24 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240224091428/https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/6532401 . live .
  7. Web site: Умер глава Верховного суда РФ Вячеслав Лебедев . 24 February 2024 . Meduza . ru . 24 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240224094820/https://meduza.io/news/2024/02/24/umer-glava-verhovnogo-suda-rf-vyacheslav-lebedev . live .
  8. Web site: В Москве умер председатель Верховного суда Вячеслав Лебедев . 24 February 2024 . Медиазона . ru . 24 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240224093431/https://zona.media/news/2024/02/24/lebedev . live .