Valery Dmitrievich Sorkin
Valeri Dmitrijewitsch Sorkin ( Russian Валерий Дмитриевич Зорькин ; born February 18, 1943 in Konstantinovka, Primorye Region ) is a Russian lawyer and has been President of the Constitutional Court since March 2003 , he held this office once from August 1991 to October 1993.
Life
In his capacity as constitutional judge, he voted several times against decisions by the then Russian President Boris Yeltsin .
In November 2010 he described the reintroduction of the death penalty in Russia as " excluded " and justified this with international agreements.
literature
- A bad example for all of Russia . In: Der Spiegel . No. 10 , 1993 ( online interview with Valery Sorkin about Boris Jelzin , Ruslan Imranowitsch Chasbulatow and the Russian constitution).
Individual evidence
- ^ Valery Sorkin. In: Encyclo. Retrieved December 30, 2010 .
- ↑ Michael Ludwig: The knife in your pocket . In: FAZ , December 29, 2010
- ↑ The death penalty remains “excluded”. In: Focus . November 19, 2010, accessed December 30, 2010 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Sorkin, Valery Dmitrievich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Зорькин, Валерий Дмитриевич (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 18, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Konstantinovka, Primorye Region |