Alex Chernov

The Honourable Alex Chernov AC KC
Chernov at an Anzac Day ceremony in 2013
28th Governor of Victoria
In office 8 April 2011 – 30 June 2015
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Premier	Ted Baillieu Denis Napthine Daniel Andrews
Lieutenant	Marilyn Warren
Preceded by	David de Kretser
Succeeded by	Linda Dessau
Personal details
Born	(1938-05-12) 12 May 1938 (age 86) Vilnius, Lithuania
Spouse	Elizabeth Hopkins
Education	University of Melbourne
Profession	Barrister, judge

Alex Chernov AC KC (born 12 May 1938)^[1] is an Australian lawyer, judge and barrister who served as the 28th Governor of Victoria, from 2011 to 2015.^[2] Chernov also served as Vice-President of the Australian Bar Association, from 1986 to 1987, President of the Law Council of Australia, from 1990 to 1991, and the 20th Chancellor of Melbourne University, from 2009 to 2011.