Veniamin Yakovlev

Russian jurist

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Вениамин Яковлев

Yakovlev on a 2022 Russian post stamp

Adviser to the President of RussiaIn office
31 January 2005 – 24 July 2018PresidentVladimir Putin
Dmitry MedvedevPresident of the Supreme Court of Arbitration of RussiaIn office
23 January 1992 – 26 January 2005Preceded byOffice establishedSucceeded byAnton IvanovPresident of the Supreme Court of Arbitration of the USSRIn office
27 December 1990 – 27 November 1991Preceded byOffice establishedSucceeded byOffice disestablishedMinister of Justice of the USSRIn office
1 August 1989 – 11 December 1990Preceded byBoris KravtsovSucceeded bySergei Lushchikov Personal detailsBorn

Veniamin Fyodorovich Yakovlev

(1932-02-12)February 12, 1932
Yudino, Ural Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet UnionDied24 July 2018(2018-07-24) (aged 86)
Moscow, RussiaPolitical partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union (1956–1991)SpouseGalina YakovlevaChildren2Alma 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

Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", IV class (2012)
Badge of the Council of Judges of the Russian Federation "For Service to Justice" (2012)
Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Honour (2008)
Order of Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow, II class (2007)
Honorary Citizen of Sverdlovsk Oblast (2007)
Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", I class (2005)
Honorary Civil Order of the Golden Cross "For Service to Society" (2004)
Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", II class (2002)
Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", III class (1997)
Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow" (1997)
Anatoly Koni Medal (1996)
Honoured Lawyer of Russia (1982)

References

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