Vyacheslav Lebedev (Chief Justice)
Vyacheslav Lebedev | |
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Вячеслав Лебедев | |
Chief Justice of the Russian Federation | |
In office 25 December 1991 – 23 February 2024 | |
President | Boris Yeltsin Vladimir Putin Dmitry Medvedev Vladimir Putin |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Pyotr Serkov (acting)[1] |
Chief Justice of the Russian SFSR | |
In office 26 July 1989 – 16 December 1991 | |
President | Vitaly Vorotnikov Boris Yeltsin |
Preceded by | Yevgeny Smolentsev |
Succeeded by | Office disestablished |
Chairman of the Moscow City Court | |
In office 6 September 1986 – 11 October 1989 | |
Preceded by | Lev Almazov |
Succeeded by | Zoya Korneva |
Personal details | |
Born | Moscow, USSR | 14 August 1943
Died | 23 February 2024 Moscow, Russia | (aged 80)
Nationality | Russian |
Alma mater | Moscow State University |
Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Lebedev (Russian: Вячеслав Михайлович Лебедев; 14 August 1943 – 23 February 2024) was a Russian lawyer and jurist who served as the Chief Justice of Russia from 1991 until his death in 2024.[2]
Biography
Lebedev was born on 14 August 1943 in Moscow.[citation needed] He attended the law faculty of the Lomonosov Moscow State University, which he graduated in 1968.[citation needed]
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 president of the People’s District Court for Zheleznodorozhniy District in Moscow. He became deputy president of Moscow City Court in 1984, assuming the position of the court’s president in 1986.
Death
Lebedev died in Moscow on the night of 23 February 2024, at the age of 80.[3][4] He suffered from cancer, and had recently been admitted to hospital.[5]
Honours
- Russian Federation: The Order of St. Andrew the First-Called (2023)
- Russian Federation: Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class (2018)
- Russian Federation: Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class (2003)
- Russian Federation: Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class (1998)
- Russian Federation: Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class (2013)
- Russian Federation: Order of Alexander Nevsky (2012)
- Russian Federation: Decoration For Impeccable Service (2020)
- Russian Federation: Honoured Lawyer of Russia (1993)
- Russian Federation: Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Honour (2008)
- Chechen Republic: Order of Akhmat Kadyrov (2011)
- Ukraine: Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise (2004)
- Kazakhstan: Order of Friendship, 1st class (2023)
- Kazakhstan: Order of Friendship, 2nd class (2012)
- Russian Orthodox Church: Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh, 1st class (2008)
- Russian Imperial Family: Knight of the Imperial Order of the White Eagle (2014)
- Russian Imperial Family: Knight Grand Cordon of the Imperial Order of Saint Anna (2010)
- Russian Imperial Family: Recipient of the 400th Anniversary Medal of the House of Romanov (2013)
- Bulgaria: Honorary Doctor of the Sofia University (2007)
- Philippines: Honorary Doctor of the University of Santo Tomas (2006)
References
- ^ "Петр Серков будет исполнять обязанности председателя Верховного суда РФ". Interfax. 24 February 2024. Archived from the original on 24 February 2024. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ "The Chief Justice". Archived from the original on 15 February 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ^ "Умер председатель Верховного суда России Вячеслав Лебедев". Коммерсантъ (in Russian). 24 February 2024. Archived from the original on 24 February 2024. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ "Умер глава Верховного суда РФ Вячеслав Лебедев". Meduza (in Russian). Archived from the original on 24 February 2024. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ "В Москве умер председатель Верховного суда Вячеслав Лебедев". Медиазона (in Russian). Archived from the original on 24 February 2024. Retrieved 24 February 2024.