Background
Kovalev, Valentin Alekseyevich was born on January 10, 1944 in Dniepropetrovsk, Ukraine.
Kovalev, Valentin Alekseyevich was born on January 10, 1944 in Dniepropetrovsk, Ukraine.
Doctor Juridicial Studies, Moscow State University, 1968. Postgraduate, Moscow State University, 1975.
Teacher, science researcher, Academy Min. of Interior, United States, 1976-1986;
professor high school and legal institutions, Academy Min. of Interior, United States, 1985-1993;
minister of justice, Government of Russia, Moscow, since 1995. Member State Duma-Federal Assembly of Russian Federation, 1993, deputy chairman 1994. Chairman legal advisory county of Commonwealth of Independant States, 1994,temporal consultant board for observance of constitutional rights of citizens, 1994.
Vice president Parliamentary Assembly of Black Sea Regional Economics Commonwealth, Istanbul, Turkey. Co-chairman Russian-French Interparliamentary Group, 1994-1995. Head Russian delegate at Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe permanent county, Vienna, and UNcom. for human rights, Geneva, 1995.
Member Security Council of Russian Federation, 1995, also, chairman interdepartmental committee. Chairman preliminary examination committee for Federal Court Justices Judges.
Married; 1 child.