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Veniamin Fyodorovich Yakovlev (Russian: Вениамин Фёдорович Яковлев, 12 February 1932 – 24 July 2018) was a Soviet and Russian jurist. He was the first and only President of the High Court of Arbitration of the USSR 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]
In 2022, the Ural State Law University, which Yakovlev graduated from in 1953, was named in his honor.[3]
Honours and awards
- Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", IV class (2012)
- Badge of the Council of Judges of the Russian Federation "For Service to Justice" (2012)
- Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Honour (2008)
- Order of Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow, II class (2007)
- Honorary Citizen of Sverdlovsk Oblast (2007)
- Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", I class (2005)
- Honorary Civil Order of the Golden Cross "For Service to Society" (2004)
- Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", II class (2002)
- Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", III class (1997)
- Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow" (1997)
- Anatoly Koni Medal (1996)
- Honoured Lawyer of Russia (1982)
References
- ^ "Президент России". 2009-02-20. Archived from the original on 20 February 2009. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
- ^ "На Урале похоронили советника президента Вениамина Яковлева". Российская газета (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-02-16.
- ^ "Уральскому государственному юридическому университету присвоено имя В. Ф. Яковлева". www.usla.ru. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
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