Chief Justice of the Russian Federation

{{Infobox official post

| post = Chief Justice

| body = the Russian Federation

| insignia = Emblem of the Supreme Court of Russia.svg

| insigniasize = 100

| insigniacaption = Emblem of the Supreme Court

| image = 2024 Irina Podnosova.jpg

| incumbent = Irina Podnosova

| incumbentsince = 17 April 2024

| department = Supreme Court of Russia

| type = Chief justice

| style =

| status =

| member_of = Judiciary of Russia

| seat = Moscow

| appointer = President

| appointer_qualified =

| termlength = Six years, renewable

| constituting_instrument = Constitution of Russia

| formation = {{start date and age|df=yes|1923|1|1}}

| first = Pyotr Stuchka

| website = {{url|www.supcourt.ru/|SupCourt.Ru}}

}}

The Chief Justice of the Russian Federation, officially the President of the Supreme Court ({{langx|ru|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.{{in lang|ru}} [http://www.consultant.ru/cons/cgi/online.cgi?req=doc&ts=1032957327020762072028126122&cacheid=9A33C5F21EFA00F99024E868594F2C77&mode=splus&base=LAW&n=330179&rnd=317B244DD6BB66A799964926B4B05995#2rw1iz4nb38 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

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 =

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
colspan="3"\|Chief Justice[https://web.archive.org/web/20160305193833/http://tsud.ru/tsud4/jurist1/predsedateli_vs_rf.htm Верховные судьи РСФСР] ! Took office ! Left office
1 \|80px \|Pyotr Stuchka (1865–1932) \|1 January 1923 \|25 January 1932
2 \|80px \|Ivan Bulat (1896–1938) \|25 January 1932 \|17 September 1937
3 \|80px \|Yakov Dmitriyev (1892–1975) \|22 September 1937 \|17 October 1937
4 \|80px \|Andrey Solodilov[https://web.archive.org/web/20081116023621/http://www.supcourt.ru/vscourt_detale.php?id=18 Председатели Верховного Суда РСФСР] (1900–1948) \|27 October 1937 \|September 1938
5 \|80px \|Ignaty Rozhnov \|September 1938 \|February 1939
6 \|80px \|Anatoly Rubichev (1903–1973) \|28 January 1939 \|4 May 1945
7 \|80px \|Alexander Nesterov (1905–?) \|4 May 1945 \|16 June 1949
8 \|80px \|Stepan Bityukov (1905–1966) \|August 1949 \|15 March 1957
9 \|80px \|Anatoly Rubichev (1903–1973) \|15 March 1957 \|July 1962
10 \| \|Lev Smirnov (1911–1986) \|July 1962 \|September 1972
11 \|80px \|{{ill\|Alexander Kirillovich Orlov\|ru\|Орлов, Александр Кириллович\|lt=Alexander Orlov}} (1923–1999) \|September 1972 \|December 1984
12 \|80px \|{{ill\|Nikolay Malshakov\|ru\|Мальшаков, Николай Петрович}} (1924–1997) \|6 December 1984 \|6 July 1987
13 \|80px \|{{ill\|Yevgeny Smolentsev\|ru\|Смоленцев, Евгений Алексеевич}} (1923–2017) \|7 July 1987 \|7 June 1989
14 \|80px \|Vyacheslav Lebedev (1943–2024) \|26 July 1989 \|26 December 1991

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

colspan="3"|Chief Justice[https://web.archive.org/web/20160305193833/http://tsud.ru/tsud4/jurist1/predsedateli_vs_rf.htm Верховные судьи РСФСР]

! Took office

! Left office

Chief Justice of the Russian Federation

List

= Chiefs Justice of Soviet Russia =

= Chief Justice of the Russian Federation =

See also

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