Prosecutor General of Russia

Prosecutor General of Russia
Prosecuter General of the
Russian Federation
Генеральный Прокурор Российской Федерации
Coat of Arms of Prosecutor General of Russia.jpg
Incumbent
Yury Chaika

since 23 June 2006
Appointer nomination
Term length Five years,
Inaugural holder Valentin Stepankov
Formation 28 February 1991
Website (Russian) http://www.genproc.gov.ru

The Prosecutor General of Russia (also Attorney General of Russia, Russian: Генеральный Прокурор Российской Федерации) heads the system of official prosecution in courts known as the Office of the Prosecutor General of Russian Federation (Генеральная прокуратура Российской Федерации).

The Office of the Prosecutor General is entrusted with:

  1. prosecution in court on behalf of the State;
  2. representation of the interests of a citizen or of the State in court in cases determined by law;
  3. supervision of the observance of laws by bodies that conduct detective and search activity, inquiry and pre-trial investigation;
  4. supervision of the observance of laws in the execution of judicial decisions in criminal cases, and also in the application of other measures of coercion related to the restraint of personal liberty of citizens.

The Prosecutor General is nominated to the office by the President of Russia and appointed by the majority of Federation Council of Russia (the Upper House of the Russian Parliament). If the nomination falls the President must nominate another candidate within the 30 days (article 12 of the Federal Law about the Office of the Prosecutor General of Russian Federation[1]). The term of authority of the Prosecutor General is five years. The resignation of the Prosecutor General before the end of his term should be approved by both the majority of Federation Council of Russia and the President.

The Prosecutor General and his office are independent from the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches of power.

List of Attorneys General

  Denotes service as acting Attorneys General prior to appointment or after resignation
# Picture Name State of Residence Term of Office President(s) served under
1 Replace this image male.svg Valentin Stepankov Moscow 28 February 1991 5 October 1993 Boris Yeltsin
2 Replace this image male.svg Aleksey Kazannik Moscow 5 October 1993 14 march 1994 Boris Yeltsin
3 Replace this image male.svg Aleksey Ilyushenko Moscow 26 March 1994 24 October 1995 Boris Yeltsin
4 Yury Skuratov Moscow 24 October 1995 2 February 1999 Boris Yeltsin
5 Vladimir Ustinov.jpg Vladimir Ustinov Moscow 17 May 2000 2 June 2006 Vladimir Putin
6 Yuriy Chaika 2009.jpg Yury Chaika Moscow 23 June 2006 Incumbent Vladimir Putin
Dmitry Medvedev

Offices similar to Prosecutor General of Russia have existed in the Soviet Union (Prosecutor General of the USSR) and in the Russian Empire since January 12, 1722 (General Prosecutor of the Senate, Генерал-Прокурор Сената).

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