Mikhail Valentinovich Krotov (Russian: Михаил Валентинович Кротов; born March 14, 1963) is a Russian lawyer, businessman and official. He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.[1]

Mikhail Krotov
Михаил Кротов
Krotov in 2013
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 61)
Leningrad, USSR
NationalityRussian
Alma materLSU Faculty of Law
Occupationlawyer, businessman
Awards

Career

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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.[2] He was succeeded by former Justice Minister Alexander Konovalov in January 2020.[3]

In July 2020 Krotov was appointed judge of the Supreme Court by the Federation Council. He is a member of the Judicial Chamber for Civil Cases.[4]

Since 2007 he has been working at the Higher School of Economics. He is a professor of the Department of Civil Law at the Faculty of Law.[5]

Mikhail is the author of more than 35 scientific publications on civil and maritime law. He wrote comments on the Civil and Labor Codes of the Russian Federation.[5]

Awards and honours

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Family

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Mikhail Krotov is married. He has two sons.[5]

References

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  1. ^ О присвоении классных чинов государственной гражданской службы Российской Федерации федеральным государственным гражданским служащим Администрации Президента Российской Федерации (Decree 1104) (in Russian). President of Russia. 9 October 2006.
  2. ^ "Presidential Executive Office - Mikhail Valentinovich Krotov". Russian President's office. Archived from the original on 2012-03-20. Retrieved 2011-01-28.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Кротов, Михаил Валентинович". ТАСС. Retrieved 2024-09-12.
  6. ^ Указ Президента РФ от 26.03.2018 № 117
  7. ^ Указ Президента РФ от 04.04.2012. № 384
  8. ^ Указ Президента РФ от 25.10.2010 № 1284
  9. ^ Президента РФ от 03.10.2002 № 1114
  10. ^ Постановление Правительства РФ от 02.08.2007 № 497
  11. ^ Указ Президента РФ от 06.03.2008 № 322