The chief justice of the Russian Federation, officially the president of the Supreme Court () is the chief judge of the Supreme Court of Russia and the highest-ranking officer of the Russian federal judiciary.
The Constitution grants plenary power to the president of Russia to nominate, and with the advice and consent of the Russian Federation Council, appoint a chief justice, who serves until they resign, retire, are impeached and convicted, or die.
The current chief justice is Igor Krasnov.
Lebedev was approved by the Federation Council on 2 July 1999, 21 February 2007, 18 July 2012, 21 May 2014 (after disestablishment of the High Court of Arbitration) and 25 September 2019.