page_title: Marat Baglai
section_title: Chairman of the Constitutional Court
hierarchical_section_title: Marat Baglai / Biography / Chairman of the Constitutional Court
caption_attribution_description: English: ST ANDREW HALL IN THE GRAND KREMLIN PALACE, MOSCOW. The inauguration of President Vladimir Putin. Speech by Boris Yeltsin, the first President of Russia.Русский: МОСКВА, БОЛЬШОЙ КРЕМЛЕВСКИЙ ДВОРЕЦ, АНДРЕЕВСКИЙ ЗАЛ. Торжественная церемония вступления Владимира Путина в должность Президента России. Выступление первого Президента России Бориса Ельцина.
context_page_description: Marat Viktorovich Baglai is the Soviet and Russian lawyer who served as 3rd Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Russia from 1997 to 2003. He is corresponding member of Russian Academy of Sciences.
context_section_description: On 13 February 1995 for the first time nominated for the post of Chairman of the Constitutional Court, but lost the election to Vladimir Tumanov.
  On 20 February 1997, he again ran for the Chairman of the Constitutional Court. He was elected Chairman of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation for a three-year term. On 21 February 2000 he was re-elected as Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Russia.
  On 7 May 2000, Vladimir Putin being administered the oath of office by Marat Baglai.
  On February 21, 2003 Baglai's powers expired, Valery Zorkin was elected the new Chairman of the Constitutional Court. Due to the fact that at this point, the Baglay was already over 70 years old, he also left the post of Judge of the constitutional Court.
caption: Marat Baglai (second from left) during the 2000 inauguration of Vladimir Putin
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