Sergei Sergeyevich Alexeyev (28 July 1924 – 12 May 2013) was a Soviet and Russian legal scholar and politician. He was the first and only chairman of the Committee for Constitutional Supervision of the USSR from 1990 to 1991. Later, he was one of the co-authors of the Constitution of Russia of 1993,[1] along with Anatoly Sobchak and Sergey Shakhray.

Sergei Alexeyev
Сергей Алексеев
Alexeyev on a 2017 Russian post stamp
Born(1924-07-28)July 28, 1924
Died12 May 2013(2013-05-12) (aged 88)
NationalityRussian
CitizenshipSoviet Union → Russia
Alma materUral State Law University
SpouseZoya Alexeyeva
AwardsOrder "For Merit to the Fatherland" (3rd class), Order of Friendship of Peoples, Order of the Patriotic War (2nd class), Order of the Badge of Honour, USSR State Prize, Demidov Prize
Scientific career
FieldsLegal theory
Institutions
Sergei Alexeyev (on the right) with Lyudmila Alexeyeva and Mikhail Fedotov, 2011
Sergei Alexeyev Museum in Yekaterinburg

Death

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On 12 May 2013 Alexeyev died of a heart attack.

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