Podnosova Irina Leonidovna

Podnosova Irina Leonidovna

Education

In 1975 she graduated from the Law Faculty of Leningrad State University named after A.A. Zhdanov.

Career

1990-2013

Since 1990 - judge of the Luga City Court of the Leningrad Region.

Since 2003 - Chairman of the Luga City Court of the Leningrad Region.

Since 2013 - Deputy Chairman of the Leningrad Regional Court.

2017-2020

Since 2017 - Chairman of the Leningrad Regional Court.

Since 2018 - Chairman of the Second Court of Appeal of General Jurisdiction.

In July 2020, she was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation - Chairman of the Judicial Collegium for Economic Disputes.

2024: Election as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation

On April 1, 2024, the Higher Qualification Collegium of Judges (VKKS) approved Irina Podnosova as head of the Supreme Court. The decision was made unanimously.

According to Vedomosti, at a meeting of the VKKS, Podnosova's candidacy was discussed for only a few minutes. The judges' commission drew attention to her long experience. Podnosova over the past 3.5 years has considered more than 11,000 complaints about economic disputes and took part in the preparation of decisions for the Plenum of the Armed Forces, according to the publication of the publication of April 1, 2024.

Podnosova was the only candidate who submitted documents for appointment as the new chairman of the Supreme Court of Russia. The post became vacant after the death of Vyacheslav Lebedev, who headed the Supreme Court for 34 years. Lebedev died on February 24, 2024 - according to Kommersant, as a result of a long cancer. Since Lebedev's death, the duties of the chairman of the Supreme Court have been temporarily performed by First Deputy Pyotr Serkov.

According to a Vedomosti source, the appointment of Irina Podnosova to the post of chairman of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation means continuity in the work of the Armed Forces after Lebedev's death. Another interlocutor of the publication noted that "the good thing is that she is a person from the judicial system."^[1]

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