The chief justice of the Russian Federation, officially the president of the Supreme Court () is the chief judge of the Supreme Court of Russia and the highest-ranking officer of the Russian federal judiciary. 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.
The current chief justice is Igor Krasnov.
List Chief justices of Soviet Russia
Chief JusticeВерховные судьи РСФСР Took office Left office Previous office1Pyotr Stuchka(1865–1932)1 January 192325 January 1932Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic(1918-1920)2Ivan Bulat(1896–1938)25 January 193217 September 1937Deputy People's Commissar of Communication Routes of the Soviet Union(1931–1932)3Yakov Dmitriyev(1892–1975)22 September 193717 October 1937Justice of Supreme Court of the Soviet Union(1928–1937)4Andrey SolodilovПредседатели Верховного Суда РСФСР(1900–1948)27 October 1937September 1938Justice of Supreme Court of Russia(1935–1937)–Ignaty RozhnovSeptember 1938February 1939Justice of Supreme Court of Russia(1937–1939)5Anatoly Rubichev(1903–1973)28 January 19394 May 1945Chief Justice of Ryazan Oblast(1937–1939)6Alexander Nesterov(1905–?)4 May 194516 June 1949Chief Justice of Altai Krai(1940–1945)7Stepan Bityukov(1905–1966)August 194915 March 1957Chief Justice of Gorky Oblast(1944–1949)8Anatoly Rubichev(1903–1973)15 March 1957July 1962Minister of Justice of Russia(1953-1957)9Lev Smirnov(1911–1986)July 1962September 1972Deputy Chief Justice of the Soviet Union(1957-1962)10(1923–1999)September 1972December 1984First Deputy Chief Justice of Russia(1961-1972)11(1924–1997)6 December 19846 July 1987First Deputy Chief Justice of Russia(1972-1984)12(1923–2017)7 July 19877 June 1989Deputy Chief Justice of the Soviet Union(1977-1987)13Vyacheslav Lebedev(1943–2024)26 July 198926 December 1991Chief Justice of Moscow(1986-1989)
Chief Justice of the Russian Federation
Chief Justice Took office Left office Previous office13Vyacheslav Lebedev(1943–2024)26 December 199123 February 2024(Died in office)Chief Justice of Moscow(1986-1989)– Pyotr Serkov(born 1955)24 February 202417 April 2024First Deputy Chief Justice of Russia(2009-2025)14Irina Podnosova(1953–2025)17 April 202422 July 2025(Died in office)Deputy Chief Justice of Russia –Chairman of the Supreme Court Judicial Board on Economic Disputes(2020-2024)– Yuri Ivanenko(born 1966) 22 July 2025 24 September 2025Deputy Chief Justice of Russia –Chairman of the Supreme Court Judicial Board on Economic Disputes(2024-2026)15Igor Krasnov(born 1975)24 September 2025IncumbentProsecutor General of Russia(2020-2025)
See also Supreme Court of the Soviet Union President of the Constitutional Court of Russia
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Chief justice of Soviet Russia