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Chief Justice of the Russian Federation | |
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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 | 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.
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.
Chief Justice | Took office | Left office | ||
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1 | Pyotr Stuchka (1865–1932) |
1 January 1923 | 25 January 1932 | |
2 | Ivan Bulat (1896–1938) |
25 January 1932 | 17 September 1937 | |
3 | Yakov Dmitriyev (1892–1975) |
22 September 1937 | 17 October 1937 | |
4 | Andrey Solodilov (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 Orlov (1923–1999) |
September 1972 | December 1984 | |
12 | Nikolay Malshakov (1924–1997) |
6 December 1984 | 6 July 1987 | |
13 | Yevgeny Smolentsev (1923–2017) |
7 July 1987 | 7 June 1989 | |
14 | Vyacheslav Lebedev (1943–2024) |
26 July 1989 | 26 December 1991 |
Denotes acting Chief Justices
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Chief Justice | Took office | Left office | ||
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1 (14) |
Vyacheslav Lebedev (1943–2024) |
26 December 1991 | 23 February 2024 | |
– | Pyotr Serkov (1955–) |
24 February 2024 | 17 April 2024 | |
2 (15) |
Irina Podnosova (1953–) |
17 April 2024 | 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.