President of the Constitutional Court of Russia

This article is about President of the Constitutional Court of Russia. It is not to be confused with President (Chief Justice) of the Supreme Court of Russia.

President 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 Federal Constitutional Law "On the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation"
Formation	29 October 1991
First holder	Valery Zorkin
Website	ksrf.ru

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

Appointment

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

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

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

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

Powers

In accordance with the Federal Constitutional Law "On the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation", the President of the Court has the following powers:

• 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 President 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 President 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 Presidents

President			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
–		LL.D. Nikolay Vitruk (1937–2012)	6 October 1993 – 13 February 1995	1 year, 130 days	Tomsk State University
2		LL.D. Vladimir Tumanov (1926–2011)	13 February 1995 – 20 February 1997	2 years, 7 days	Institute of Foreign Trade
3		LL.D. Marat Baglai (1931–2024)	20 February 1997 – 21 February 2003	6 years, 1 day	Rostov State University
4		LL.D. Valery Zorkin (born 1943)	21 February 2003 – Incumbent	21 years, 66 days	Moscow State University

Deputy Presidents

• Nikolay Vitruk (1991–1995)
• Tamara Morshchakova (1995–2002)
• Vladimir Strekozov (2002–2008)
• Olga Khokhryakova (2008–2019)
• Sergei Mavrin (since 2019)

See also

• Chief Justice of the Russian Federation