Mikhail Krotov

Judge of the Supreme Court of RussiaAssumed office
24 July 2020Presidential Plenipotentiary Representative in the Constitutional CourtIn office
7 November 2005 – 31 January 2020PresidentVladimir Putin
Dmitry Medvedev
Vladimir PutinPreceded byMikhail MityukovSucceeded byAlexander Konovalov Personal detailsBorn (1963-03-14) 14 March 1963 (age 61)
Leningrad, USSRNationalityRussianAlma materLSU Faculty of LawOccupationlawyer, businessmanAwards

Mikhail Valentinovich Krotov (Russian: Михаил Валентинович Кротов; born March 14, 1963) is a Russian lawyer, businessman and official. He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.^[1]

Career

On April 28, 1995, he was elected deputy chairman of the board of directors of the Baltic Sea Steamship Company. On October 2, 1995, as the Chairman Ivan Lushchinsky had been shot dead, Krotov became the chairman of its board of directors and held this position until summer 1996.^{[citation needed]}

In 2005, he was a first deputy director general of the Gazprom Media holding.

Since November 7, 2005, he has been President Vladimir Putin's envoy to the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation.^[2] He was succeeded by former Justice Minister Alexander Konovalov in January 2020.^[3]

In July 2020 Krotov was appointed judge of the Supreme Court by the Federation Council. He is a member of the Judicial Collegium for Civil Cases.^[4]

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