Veniamin Yakovlev

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Veniamin Yakovlev
Вениамин Яковлев
Yakovlev on a 2022 Russian post stamp
President of the Supreme Court of Arbitration of Russia
In office
23 January 1992 – 26 January 2005
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byAnton Ivanov
President of the Supreme Court of Arbitration of the USSR
In office
27 December 1990 – 27 November 1991
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byOffice disestablished
Minister of Justice of the USSR
In office
1 August 1989 – 11 December 1990
Preceded byBoris Kravtsov
Succeeded bySergei Lushchikov
Personal details
Born
Veniamin Fyodorovich Yakovlev

(1932-02-12)February 12, 1932
Yudino, Ural Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died24 July 2018(2018-07-24) (aged 86)
Moscow, Russia
Political partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union (1956–1991)
SpouseGalina Yakovleva
Children2
Alma materUral State Law University (LL.D.)
AwardsFull cavalier of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"
Order of Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow
Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"

Veniamin Fyodorovich Yakovlev (Russian: Вениамин Фёдорович Яковлев, 12 February 1932 – 24 July 2018) was a Soviet and Russian jurist. He was the first and only President of the Supreme Court of Arbitration of the USSR and later became the first President of the Supreme Court of Arbitration of Russia.[1] He also served as the Soviet Minister of Justice from 1989 to 1990 and as the legal adviser to both Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev from 2005 till his death in 2018.[2]

In 2022, the Ural State Law University, which Yakovlev graduated from in 1953, was named in his honor.[3]

Honours and awards[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Президент России". 2009-02-20. Archived from the original on 20 February 2009. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
  2. ^ "На Урале похоронили советника президента Вениамина Яковлева". Российская газета (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-02-16.
  3. ^ "Уральскому государственному юридическому университету присвоено имя В. Ф. Яковлева". www.usla.ru. Retrieved 2022-02-16.