Vsevolod Kniaziev

Vsevolod Serhiiovych Kniaziev (Ukrainian: Всеволод Сергійович Князєв; born 25 May 1979, Mykolaiv[1]) is a Ukrainian judge, President of the Supreme Court since 1 December 2021. He is an ex officio member of the High Council of Justice and a judge of the Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court.

Vsevolod Kniaziev
President of the Supreme Court of Ukraine
Assumed office
1 December 2021
PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyy
Preceded byValentyna Danishevska
Personal details
Born (1979-05-25) 25 May 1979
Mykolaiv, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Citizenship Ukraine
SpouseKniazieva Yuliia Anatoliivna
OccupationJudge
AwardsLL.D.


Biography

Originally from Mykolaiv. He graduated from the Mykolaiv Нumanitarian Institute of the Ukrainian State Maritime Technical University and the Odesa Law Academy National University. In 2001, he received the right to practice law, which was suspended in 2013. He worked as a legal adviser, a lecturer at the Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding, and a lawyer.

Since 2013, he started working as a judge of the Mykolaiv District Administrative Court, and in 2015 he became the president of this court.

Vsevolod Kniaziev is a judge of the Cassation Administrative Court within the Supreme Court, established after the reform of 2016.[2]

On 12 December 2017, Vsevolod Kniaziev was elected Secretary of the Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court.[3]

On 22 October 2021, the Plenum of the Supreme Court elected a new President of this institution by secret ballot. It was Kniaziev, who was voted for by 98 colleagues. He began exercising his powers on 1 December.[4][5][6]

Facts

PhD in Law (2011), Associate Professor (2014), LL.D., Professor (2021). The author of a number of scientific publications. As for foreign languages, he is fluent in English, Russian and also French (basic skills). Kniaziev's wife Yuliia is a private notary. He has a daughter Viktoriia and a son Volodymyr.

References
  1. Досьє кандидата на посаду судді Князєва В. С.
  2. Указ Президента України «Про призначення суддів Верховного Суду» 10 листопада 2017 року № 357/2017
  3. "Секретарем Великої Палати Верховного Суду обрано Всеволода Князєва". Верховний Суд. 12 December 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  4. "У Верховного Суду новий очільник — Всеволод Князєв. Хто він?". Громадське. 22 October 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  5. "У Верховного Суду новий очільник – Всеволод Князєв. Що про нього відомо". Главком. 22 October 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  6. "Верховний Суд очолив Всеволод Князєв". Новинарня. 22 October 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
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