Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Russia

The Chairman of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation (Russian: Председатель Конституционного Суда Российской Федерации), is the presiding judge of the Constitutional Court of Russia.

Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Russia
Coat of Arms of Russia
Incumbent Valery Zorkin since 21 February 2003
Constitutional Court of Russia
Type	Presiding judge
Member of	Judiciary of Russia
Seat	Saint Petersburg
Nominator	President of Russia
Appointer	Federation Council
Term length	6 years, without terms limits
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Russia FCL "On the Constitutional Court of Russia"
Formation	29 October 1991
First holder	Valery Zorkin
Website	ksrf.ru

Appointment

Initially, the Chairman of the Constitutional Court was elected by the judges of the court for three years. However, in 2009, such elections were canceled and the Chairman became appoint by the Federation Council.[1] Also, until 2020, only a judge of the Constitutional Court could be appointed Chairman of the Court. In 2020, this requirement was lifted.[2]

Currently, the Chairman of the Constitutional Court is nominated by the President of Russia and appointed by the Federation Council for a six years.[3]

After the expiration of his term of office, the Chairman of the Constitutional Court may be re–appointed to his office. The maximum number of terms during which the Chairman can hold office is not set.

The Chairman of the Constitutional Court is not subject to the restriction that a person who has reached the age of 70 cannot be a judge.[4]

Powers

In accordance with the Federal Constitutional Law "On the Constitutional Court of Russia", the Chairman of the Court has the following powers:[5]

• directs the preparation of sessions of the Constitutional Court of Russia, convenes them and presides over them;
• submits to the Constitutional Court issues to be considered in its sessions;
• represents the constitutional Court in relations with state bodies and organizations, public associations, and makes statements on its behalf under the authority of the constitutional Court;
• provides General guidance for the staff of the constitutional Court, submits for approval of the constitutional Court of Candidature chief of staff and head of the Secretariat of the constitutional Court, the Secretariat, the size and structure of the apparatus.

The Chairman of the Constitutional Court also administers the oath of office of the President of Russia. But this is a tradition, rather than a responsibility of the Chairman of the Court. The Constitution or other federal legislation does not require that the oath be administered by anyone in particular, simply that it be taken by the president.

List

Denotes acting Chairmen

Chairman			Tenure	Tenure length	Alma mater	Ref.
1		LL.D. Valery Zorkin (born 1943)	29 October 1991 – 6 October 1993	1 year, 342 days	Moscow State University	[6]
–		LL.D. Nikolay Vitruk (1937–2012)	6 October 1993 – 13 February 1995	1 year, 130 days	Tomsk State University	[7]
2		LL.D. Vladimir Tumanov (1926–2011)	13 February 1995 – 20 February 1997	2 years, 7 days	Institute of Foreign Trade	[8]
3		LL.D. Marat Baglai (born 1931)	20 February 1997 – 21 February 2003	6 years, 10 days	Rostov State University	[9]
4		LL.D. Valery Zorkin (born 1943)	21 February 2003 – Incumbent	17 years, 340 days	Moscow State University	[6]

See also

• Chief Justice of the Russian Federation

References

1. "Сенаторы отменили выборы председателя КС". НТВ. 27 May 2009. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
2. "У Конституционного суда появились политические перспективы". Коммерсантъ. 20 October 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
3. Федеральный конституционный закон от 21.07.1994 N 1-ФКЗ (ред. от 09.11.2020) "О Конституционном Суде Российской Федерации". Статья 23. Назначение на должность Председателя и заместителя Председателя Конституционного Суда Российской Федерации
4. Федеральный конституционный закон от 21.07.1994 N 1-ФКЗ (ред. от 09.11.2020) "О Конституционном Суде Российской Федерации" Статья 12. Срок полномочий судьи Конституционного Суда Российской Федерации
5. Федеральный конституционный закон от 21.07.1994 N 1-ФКЗ (ред. от 09.11.2020) "О Конституционном Суде Российской Федерации" Статья 24. Председатель Конституционного Суда Российской Федерации
6. ЗОРЬКИН Валерий Дмитриевич (ksrf.ru)
7. ВИТРУК Николай Васильевич (ksrf.ru)
8. ТУМАНОВ Владимир Александрович (ksrf.ru)
9. БАГЛАЙ Марат Викторович (ksrf.ru)