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Veniamin YakovlevHonored Lawyer of Russia
Date of Birth: 12.02.1932
Country:  Russia |
Content:
- Veniamin Fedorovich Yakovlev
- Return to Academia
- Senior Positions
- - Became Minister of Justice of the USSR in 1989
- Establishment of Economic Arbitration
- - Appointed Chairman of the State Arbitrator's Office in 1990
- Accomplishments and Awards
- Personal Life
- - Resides in Moscow
Veniamin Fedorovich Yakovlev
Early Life- Born in Petukhovo, Kurgan Oblast, on February 12, 1932
- Father: Fyodor Kuzmich Yakovlev (1901-1942)
- Mother: Domna Pavlovna Yakovleva (1905-1997)
- Lost father to combat in the Great Patriotic War at age 9
- Childhood shaped by father's travels as an electrical engineer
Education and Career
- Studied law at Sverdlovsk Law Institute, graduating in 1953
- Taught theory of state and law and criminal law at Yakutsk Law School from 1953-1956
- Joined the Yakutsk ASSR Prosecutor's Office in 1956, where he first encountered civil law
Return to Academia
- Earned a PhD from Sverdlovsk Law Institute in 1963 with a dissertation on "Civil Law Method of Regulating Social Relations"
- Held various academic positions at Sverdlovsk Law Institute, including chair of the department and vice-rector for scientific work
Senior Positions
- Appointed Director of the All-Union Scientific Research Institute of Legal Sciences in 1987
- Became Minister of Justice of the USSR in 1989
- Oversaw legal reforms and the development of new legislation, including the foundations of the USSR Civil Code
Establishment of Economic Arbitration
- Predicted the need for economic arbitration in the disintegrating USSR
- Appointed Chairman of the State Arbitrator's Office in 1990
- Led the transformation of state arbitration into economic courts- Served as Chairman of the Supreme Arbitration Court of the USSR
Post-Soviet Career
- Became State Counselor for Legal Policy to the President of the USSR in 1991
- Appointed Chairman of the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation in 1992
- Played a key role in the development and implementation of legal reforms in the Russian Federation
- Supervised the establishment of the current Russian Federation arbitration court system
Accomplishments and Awards
- Honored Jurist of the RSFSR (1982)- Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 3rd degree
- Medals "For Valiant Labor" and "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"
Personal Life
- Spouse: Galina Ivanovna Yakovleva- Children: Natalia V. Smirnova (born 1956), Vera V. Minina (born 1960)
- Enjoys tourism, mountain skiing, and reading literary and nonfiction works
