| 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 | 
| 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.
List
Chiefs Justice of Soviet Russia
| Chief Justice[2] | Took office | Left office | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 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 (born 1943)  | 
26 July 1989 | 26 December 1991 | 
Chief Justice of the Russian Federation
| Chief Justice[2] | Took office | Left office | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (14)  | 
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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]
See also
References
- ↑ (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.
 - ↑ "Biography of Vyacheslav Lebedev". TASS.
 
External links
 Media related to Chief Justice of the Russian Federation at Wikimedia Commons- Official website (in English)
 - Chief justice of Soviet Russia
 


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