Vyacheslav Lebedev (Chief Justice)
Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Lebedev (Russian: Вячеслав Михайлович Лебедев; born 14 August 1943) is a Russian lawyer and jurist who has been serving as the Chief Justice of the Russian Federation since 1991.[1]
Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Lebedev | |
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| Вячеслав Михайлович Лебедев | |
 Lebedev in 2019 | |
| Chief Justice of the Russian Federation | |
| Assumed office 16 December 1991 | |
| Preceded by | Yevgeny Smolentsev |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 August 1943 Elista, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia) |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University |
| Awards | Honored Lawyer of the Russian Federation, Judge of the highest qualification class |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Soviet Union Russia |
| Rank | Doctor of Law, Professor |
Early life and education
Lebedev was born on 14 August 1943 in Elista and attended the Lomonosov Moscow State University, which he graduated in 1968, He is a Tibetan Buddhist.
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.
Honours
- Russian Imperial Family: Knight of the Imperial Order of the White Eagle
- Russian Imperial Family: Knight Grand Cordon of the Imperial Order of Saint Anna
- Russian Imperial Family: Recipient of the 400th Anniversary Medal of the House of Romanov
References
- "The Chief Justice". Archived from the original on 15 February 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.