Position
- Chairman of the Supreme Court of Ukraine ( since 21 December 1994)
On the free of charge ground
- Ex-officio member of the High Council of Justice of Ukraine;
- Vice-Chairman of the Coordinating Council on Legal Reform under the President of Ukraine (since 1997)
Place and Date of Birth
- the village of Krapivna, Nijinskiy district, Chernygiv region, Ukraine, 30 September 1937
Education
- Institute of Law, Kharkiv (1959-1963)
Awards
- Diploma of Presidium of Supreme Soviet of Ukraine (1987),
- Judge of the highest grade (1994),
- Presidential medal (1996),
- Merited Lawyer of Ukraine (since 1997)
Previous Experience
1963-64 – judge in People’s Court;
1964-73 – Chairman of the district People’s Court, Amur-Niznodniprovskiy district, Dnipropetrovsk;
1973-76 – Vice-Chairman of Dnipropetrovsk regional court;
1976-86 – Chairman of Donetsk regional court;
1986-90 – First Deputy-Minister of Justice of Ukraine;
1990-92 – Minister of Justice of Ukraine;
1992-93 – Chief of the Department under the Cabinet of ministers of Ukraine, Department of National Security, Defence, Law and Order, and Emergencies;
1993-94 - Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Ukraine in the Repablic of Moldova