Veniamin Yakovlev

Veniamin Yakovlev
Вениамин Яковлев
Yakovlev in 2013
Adviser to the President of Russia
In office
31 January 2005 – 24 July 2018
PresidentVladimir Putin
Dmitry Medvedev
President of the High Court of Arbitration of Russia
In office
23 January 1992 – 26 January 2005
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byAnton Ivanov
President of the High Court of Arbitration of the Soviet Union
In office
27 December 1990 – 27 November 1991
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byOffice disestablished
Minister of Justice of the Soviet Union
In office
1 August 1989 – 11 December 1990
PresidentMikhail Gorbachev
Prime MinisterNikolai Ryzhkov
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 legal scholar and jurist. He was the first and only President of the High Court of Arbitration of the Soviet Union and later became the first President of the High 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]

  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.