MOSCOW, April 18 Resolution of the Federation Council published on the appointment of Irina Podnosova as Chairman of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, the corresponding document is on the website of the official publication of legal acts.
Earlier, the Federation Council voted to appoint Irina Podnosova, Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, to the post of Chairman of the Court.
«In accordance with paragraph «g» of Part 1 of Article 102, Part 1 of Article 128 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation and Part 1 of Article 12 of the Federal Constitutional Law «On the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation», the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation decides: 1 . Appoint Irina Leonidovna Podnosova to the position of Chairman of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation,» the document says.
The resolution comes into force from the date of its adoption, April 17, 2024.
The Higher Qualification Board of Judges (HQJC) previously unanimously recommended Podnosova's candidacy for the post of Chairman of the Supreme Court. Podnosova is the only candidate who has submitted documents for the position. The VKKS announced the opening of a vacant position on March 1 after the death of Vyacheslav Lebedev, who headed the court since 1991.
Podnosova graduated from the Faculty of Law of the Leningrad State University named after Zhdanov in 1975. She has been working as a judge since 1990, in 2020 she headed the Judicial Collegium for Economic Disputes of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation.