Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Lebedev
Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Lebedev (born 14 August 1943) is a Russian lawyer and jurist who has been Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Russia (until 1991 Russian SFSR) since 1989.[1]
Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Lebedev Вячеслав Михайлович Лебедев | |
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Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Russia | |
Assumed office July 26, 1989 | |
Preceded by | Yevgeny Smolentsev |
Personal details | |
Born | Moscow, Soviet Union | 14 August 1943
Nationality | Russian |
Alma mater | Moscow State University |
Awards | Honored Lawyer of the Russian Federation, Judge of the highest qualification class |
Military service | |
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Rank | Doctor of Law, Professor |
Early life
Lebedev was born on 14 August 1943 in Moscow and attended the Lomonosov Moscow State University, which he graduated in 1968.
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.
References
- "The Chief Justice". Archived from the original on 15 February 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.