Pēteris Stučka
Pēteris Stučka | |
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Stučka in 1918 | |
| Chief Justice of the RSFSR | |
| In office 1923–1932 | |
| Premier | Vladimir Lenin (until 1924) Alexei Rykov (until 1930) Vyacheslav Molotov |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Ivan Lazarevic Bulat |
| Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic | |
| In office 17 December 1918 – 13 January 1920 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position dissolved |
| People's Commissar for Justice of the RSFSR | |
| In office 29 November – 22 December 1917 | |
| Premier | Vladimir Lenin |
| Preceded by | Georgy Oppokov |
| Succeeded by | Isaac Steinberg |
| In office 18 March – 14 September 1918 | |
| Premier | Vladimir Lenin |
| Preceded by | Isaac Steinberg |
| Succeeded by | Dmitry Kursky |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 26 [O.S. July 14] 1865 Koknese, Livonia, Russian Empire (now Koknese, Latvia) |
| Died | January 25, 1932 (aged 66) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Resting place | Kremlin Wall Necropolis, Moscow |
| Nationality | Soviet |
| Political party | All-Union Communist Party (bolsheviks) |
| Spouse | Dora Pliekšāne |
| Alma mater | St. Petersburg University |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Pēteris Stučka, sometimes spelt Pyotr Stuchka; (July 26 [O.S. July 14] 1865 – 25 January 1932), was a Latvian jurist and communist politician, leader of the pro-Bolshevik puppet government in Latvia during the 1918–1920 Latvian War of Independence, and later a statesman in the Soviet Union.