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| Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation | |
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| Генеральный Прокурор Российской Федерации (Russian) | |
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| Office of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation | |
| Type | Public procurator |
| Nominator | President of Russia |
| Appointer | Federation Council |
| Term length | Five years |
| Precursor | Procurator General of the Soviet Union |
| Formation | 28 February 1991 |
| First holder | Valentin Stepankov |
| Unofficial names | Attorney General of Russia |
| Website | genproc |
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TheProsecutor General of Russia (alsoAttorney General of Russia,Russian:Генеральный прокурор Российской Федерации,romanized: Generalʹnyy prokuror Rossiyskoy Federatsii) heads the system of official prosecution in courts and heads the Office of the Prosecutor General of theRussian Federation. The Prosecutor General remains one of the most powerful component of theRussian judicial system.[1]
The Office of the Prosecutor General is entrusted with:
The Prosecutor General leads theGeneral Prosecutor's Office of Russian Federation. The prosecutor's offices ofsubjects of Russian Federation are subordinate to the General Prosecutor's Office of Russian Federation, and the prosecutor's offices ofcities andraions are subordinate to the prosecutor's offices of subjects of Russian Federation. There are specialized prosecutor's offices (environmental prosecutor's offices, penitentiary prosecutor's offices, transport prosecutor's offices, closed cities prosecutor's offices) which are subordinate to the General Prosecutor's Office of Russian Federation and have own subordinated prosecutor's offices. Finally, there is theChief Military Prosecutor's Office of Russian Federation which is subordinated to the General Prosecutor's Office of Russian Federation and have own subordinated military prosecutor's offices (military prosecutor's office ofWestern Military District, military prosecutor's office ofEastern Military District, military prosecutor's office ofSouthern Military District, military prosecutor's office ofCentral Military District, military prosecutor's office ofNorthern Fleet, military prosecutor's office ofBaltic Fleet, military prosecutor's office ofBlack Sea Fleet, military prosecutor's office ofPacific Fleet, military prosecutor's office ofStrategic Missile Forces and Moscow city military prosecutor's office) which in turn have own subordinated military prosecutor's offices (garrison military prosecutor's offices).
Prosecutors in a broad sense are directly prosecutors (who leads prosecutor's offices), their deputies, senior assistants and junior assistants. All of them are federal governmentofficials, havespecial ranks (Russian:классные чины) and wear specialuniform withshoulder marks. Military prosecutors (in a broad sense) are military personnel, havemilitary ranks ofcommissionedofficers and wear militaryuniform withshoulder marks but they are not subordinate to any military authority (excepting higher military prosecutor).
The Prosecutor General is nominated to the office by thePresident of Russia and approved by the majority ofFederation Council of Russia (theUpper House of theRussian Parliament). If the nominee is not approved, then the President must nominate anothercandidate within 30 days (article 12 of theFederal 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 their term should be approved by both the majority of Federation Council of Russia and the President.
The Prosecutor General and their office are independent from the Executive, Legislative and Judicialbranches of government. TheInvestigative Committee of Russia, sometimes described as the "RussianFBI", is the main federal investigating authority in Russia, formed in place of the Investigative Committee of the Prosecutor General in 2011.
| No. | Portrait | Name (Born-Died) | Term of office | Ref. | ||
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| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| 1 |  | Valentin Stepankov (born 1951) | 28 February 1991 | 5 October 1993 | 2 years, 219 days | – |
| 2 | .jpg) | Alexey Kazannik (1941–2019) | 5 October 1993 | 14 March 1994 | 160 days | – |
| – | ![Aleksey Ilyushenko [ru]](/mt/?noimg=&dark=on&url=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fFile%3aRIAN_archive_25966_Prosecutor_Ilyushenko.jpg) | Aleksey Ilyushenko [ru] (1957–2021) Acting | 26 March 1994 | 8 October 1995 | 1 year, 196 days | – |
| – | ![Oleg Gaydanov [ru]](/mt/?noimg=&dark=on&url=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fFile%3aNo_image.png) | Oleg Gaydanov [ru] (born 1945) Acting | 8 October 1995 | 24 October 1995 | 16 days | – |
| 3 |  | Yury Skuratov (born 1952) | 24 October 1995 | 2 February 1999 | 3 years, 101 days | – |
| – |  | Yury Chaika (born 1951) Acting | 2 February 1999 | 6 August 1999 | 185 days | – |
| – |  | Vladimir Ustinov (born 1953) Acting | 6 August 1999 | 17 May 2000 | 285 days | – |
| 4 | | Vladimir Ustinov (born 1953) | 17 May 2000 | 2 June 2006 | 6 years, 16 days | – |
| 5 | .jpg) | Yury Chaika (born 1951) | 23 June 2006 | 22 January 2020 | 13 years, 213 days | – |
| 6 |  | Igor Krasnov (born 1975) | 22 January 2020 | 24 September 2025 | 5 years, 245 days | [2] |
| 7 | | Aleksandr Gutsan (born 1960) | 24 September 2025 | Incumbent | 64 days | |
