Igor Samsin

Date of Birth: 30.11.1957

Igor Leonovich Samsin - Chairman of the Supreme Qualification Commission of Judges (2010-2014), Judge of the Supreme Court of Ukraine (1995-2017).

Place of Birth. Education. He was born in the village of Sushne in the Raděchov district of Lviv Oblast. In 1983, he graduated from the Law Faculty of Ivan Franko Lviv National University.

Career. His professional career began in 1972. After graduation, he worked as a legal trainee, lawyer, and headed the legal advice office in the Kalinowski district of Vinnytsia Oblast.

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In 1987, he was elected People's Judge of the District People's Court of Litin in Vinnytsia Oblast.

In 1990, he became a judge at the Vinnytsia Oblast Court.

From April 1995 to 2017 - Judge of the Supreme Court of Ukraine.

By the decision of the VII Congress of Judges of Ukraine on November 3, 2005, he was elected to the Supreme Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine (as a delegate from the Supreme Court to the VQCC). On March 30, 2006, the organizational meeting of the commission elected him as its chairman. He held this position until 2009.

From September 2010 to April 11, 2014 - Chairman of the VQCC.

On April 25, 2017, the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) dismissed the judge of the Supreme Court Igor Samsin under the law 'On the purification of government' (Lustration Law).

Awards. Judge of the highest qualification grade. Honored Lawyer of Ukraine. Awarded with the Order 'For Merits' of the III degree (2007).

Family. Married. His son Roman is a judge.

13.11.2023