Vladimir Ustinov

Vladimir Ustinov
Владимир Устинов
Official portrait, 2000
Presidential Envoy to the Southern Federal District
Assumed office
14 May 2008
PresidentDmitry Medvedev
Vladimir Putin
Preceded byGrigory Rapota
Minister of Justice
In office
23 June 2006  12 May 2008
Prime MinisterMikhail Fradkov
Viktor Zubkov
Vladimir Putin
Preceded byYury Chaika
Succeeded byAleksandr Konovalov
Prosecutor-General of Russia
In office
17 May 2000  2 June 2006
PresidentVladimir Putin
Preceded byYury Skuratov
Succeeded byYury Chaika
Personal details
Born (1953-02-25) 25 February 1953
Nikolayevsk-on-Amur, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
SpouseNadezhda Ustinova
Children2
Alma materKharkov State Law Institute
AwardsHero of the Russian Federation

Vladimir Vasilyevich Ustinov (Russian: Владимир Васильевич Устинов; born 25 February 1953) is a Russian lawyer and statesman. Since 2008 he is the Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Southern Federal District. Until 2008, he was Russia's Minister of Justice. He was Vladimir Putin's first General Prosecutor of Russia from 2000 to June 2006.

He has the prosecutor's rank of Active State Councillor of Justitia and the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.