Mikhail Krotov

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Mikhail Krotov
Judge of the Supreme Court of Russia
Assumed office
24 July 2020
Presidential Plenipotentiary Representative in the Constitutional Court
In office
7 November 2005 – 31 January 2020
PresidentVladimir Putin
Dmitry Medvedev
Vladimir Putin
Preceded byMikhail Mityukov
Succeeded byAlexander Konovalov
Personal details
Born (1963-03-14) 14 March 1963 (age 60)
Leningrad, USSR
NationalityRussia
Alma materLSU Faculty of Law
Occupationlawyer, businessman
AwardsOrder of Alexander Nevsky 2010 ribbon.svgOrder of Honour Orden of Friendship.png

Mikhail Valentinovich Krotov (Russian: Михаил Валентинович Кротов, born March 14, 1963) is a Russian lawyer, businessman and official.

Career

On April 28, 1995, he was elected deputy chairman of the board of directors of the Baltic Sea Steamship Company. On October 2, 1995, as the Chairman Ivan Lushchinsky had been shot dead, Krotov became the chairman of its board of directors and held this position until summer 1996.[citation needed]

In 2005, he was a first deputy director general of the Gazprom Media holding.

Since November 7, 2005, he has been President Vladimir Putin's envoy to the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation.[1] He was succeeded by former Justice Minister Alexander Konovalov in January 2020.[2]

In July 2020 Krotov was appointed judge of the Supreme Court by the Federation Council. He is a member of the Judicial Collegium for Civil Cases.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Presidential Executive Office - Mikhail Valentinovich Krotov". Russian President's office. Archived from the original on 2012-03-20. Retrieved 2011-01-28.
  2. ^ "Путин назначил экс-министра юстиции представителем в Конституционном суде" [Putin appoints ex-Minister of Justice as representative in the Constitutional Court]. RBC (in Russian). 2020-01-31.
  3. ^ "Совет Федерации назначил М. Кротова на должность судьи Верховного суда РФ" [The Federation Council appointed M. Krotov to the position of judge of the Supreme Court of the RF]. Federation Council of Russia (in Russian). 2020-07-24.