Yury Chaika
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Yury Yakovlevich Chaika (Russian: Юрий Яковлевич Чайка; born 21 May 1951) is a Russian lawyer and statesman who currently serves as the Presidential Envoy to the North Caucasian Federal District since 2020. He previously served as Prosecutor General of Russia from 2006 to 2020 and Minister of Justice from 1999 to 2006.
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Quick Facts Presidential Envoy to the North Caucasian Federal District, President ...
Yury Chaika | |
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Юрий Чайка | |
Presidential Envoy to the North Caucasian Federal District | |
Assumed office 22 January 2020 | |
President | Vladimir Putin |
Preceded by | Aleksandr Matovnikov |
Prosecutor General of Russia | |
In office 23 June 2006 – 22 January 2020 | |
President | Vladimir Putin Dmitry Medvedev Vladimir Putin |
Preceded by | Vladimir Ustinov |
Succeeded by | Igor Krasnov |
In office 2 April – 29 July 1999 Acting | |
President | Boris Yeltsin |
Preceded by | Yury Skuratov |
Succeeded by | Vladimir Ustinov |
Minister of Justice | |
In office 17 August 1999 – 23 June 2006 | |
President | Boris Yeltsin Vladimir Putin |
Prime Minister | Vladimir Putin Mikhail Kasyanov Mikhail Fradkov |
Preceded by | Pavel Krasheninnikov |
Succeeded by | Vladimir Ustinov |
Personal details | |
Born | (1951-05-21) 21 May 1951 (age 72) Nikolayevsk-on-Amur, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Alma mater | Ural State Law University |
Occupation | Lawyer |
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He has the federal state civilian service ranks of State Councillor of Justitia of the Russian Federation[1] and 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation,[2] and also the prosecutor's rank of Active State Councillor of Justitia.[3]