Prosecutor General of Ukraine

The prosecutor general is appointed to office by the president of Ukraine with the consent of the Verkhovna Rada (parliament).Z{{cite news|url=http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/325308.html |title=Chief prosecutor Shokin on leave – PGO |website=Interfax-Ukraine |date=17 February 2016}} The prosecutor is dismissed from office after serving a six-year term, or on order of the president, or the prosecutor may be forced to resign following a vote of no confidence in the Verkhovna Rada.

The powers of the office (from January 2017) are to:

• provide organization and leadership of pre-trial investigations;
• support public prosecution in the courts; and
• represent the state's interest in the courts, according to the law.

The prosecutor general submits an annual report to the Verkhovna Rada about the legal situation in the country.

The prosecutor general creates a collegiate council consisting of the prosecutor general, their first and other deputies, the prosecutor of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea,{{#tag:ref|Since the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, the status of the Crimea and of the city of Sevastopol is under dispute between Russia and Ukraine; Ukraine and the majority of the international community considers the Crimea and Sevastopol an integral part of Ukraine, while Russia, on the other hand, considers the Crimea and Sevastopol an integral part of Russia, with Sevastopol functioning as a federal city within the Crimean Federal District.{{cite news |last=Gutterman |first=Steve |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-crisis-idUSBREA1Q1E820140318 |title=Putin signs Crimea treaty, will not seize other Ukraine regions |date=18 March 2014 |agency=Reuters.com |access-date=26 March 2014 |archive-date=18 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140318020359/https://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/18/us-ukraine-crisis-idUSBREA1Q1E820140318 |url-status=live }}[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-26248275 Ukraine crisis timeline], BBC News[http://english.cntv.cn/2014/03/28/ARTI1395947928472439.shtml UN General Assembly adopts resolution affirming Ukraine's territorial integrity] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304200543/http://english.cntv.cn/2014/03/28/ARTI1395947928472439.shtml |date=2018-03-04 }}, China Central Television (28 March 2014)|group=nb}} and other leaders of prosecution agencies.

The prosecutor general office's General Inspectorate is an independent agency established{{when|date=January 2023}} to oversee the actions of the prosecutorial system.{{cite news |url=http://www.unian.info/politics/1459096-us-prosecutor-tasked-with-selecting-officers-to-oversee-prosecutors-actions.html |title=U.S. prosecutor tasked with selecting officers to oversee prosecutors' actions |agency=UNIAN |date=9 August 2016}} Its goals are to modernize the Soviet-era bureaucracy, to enhance inter-agency efficiency and international cooperation, and to fight corruption.{{cite news |url=http://www.unian.info/politics/1459096-us-prosecutor-tasked-with-selecting-officers-to-oversee-prosecutors-actions.html |title=U.S. prosecutor tasked with selecting officers to oversee prosecutors' actions |agency=UNIAN |date=9 August 2016}}

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• Prosecutor's Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea
• Prosecutor's Office of Cherkasy Oblast
• Prosecutor's Office of Chernihiv Oblast
• Prosecutor's Office of Chernivtsi Oblast
• Prosecutor's Office of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
• Prosecutor's Office of Donetsk Oblast
• Prosecutor's Office of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
• Prosecutor's Office of Kharkiv Oblast
• Prosecutor's Office of Kherson Oblast
• Prosecutor's Office of Khmelnytskyi Oblast
• Prosecutor's Office of Kirovohrad Oblast
• Prosecutor's Office of Kyiv City
• Prosecutor's Office of Kyiv Oblast
• Prosecutor's Office of Luhansk Oblast
• Prosecutor's Office of Lviv Oblast
• Prosecutor's Office of Mykolaiv Oblast
• Prosecutor's Office of Odesa Oblast
• Prosecutor's Office of Poltava Oblast
• Prosecutor's Office of Rivne Oblast
• Prosecutor's Office of Sumy Oblast
• Prosecutor's Office of Ternopil Oblast
• Prosecutor's Office of Vinnytsia Oblast
• Prosecutor's Office of Volyn Oblast
• Prosecutor's Office of Zakarpattia Oblast
• Prosecutor's Office of Zaporizhia Oblast
• Prosecutor's Office of Zhytomyr Oblast
• Military Prosecutor's Office of Joint Forces
• Military Prosecutor's Office of Ukrainian Central Region
• Military Prosecutor's Office of Ukrainian Southern Region
• Military Prosecutor's Office of Ukrainian Western Region
• National Academy of Prosecution of Ukraine

• Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office
• Military Prosecutor
• General Inspectorate
• Primary Trade Union Organization of the Prosecutor General Office of Ukraine employees

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• Prosecutor General – Iryna Venediktova (17 March 2020)
• Deputy Prosecutor General – Viktor Trepak (8 October 2019)
• Deputy Prosecutor General – Günduz Mamedov (18 October 2019)
• Deputy Prosecutor General—Director of Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office – Nazar Kholodnytskyi (30 November 2015)

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The post of Prosecutor General of Ukraine was first established in 1917, following the dissolution of the Russian Empire. When the Ukrainian People's Republic was formed – after Ukraine declared its independence from the Russian Republic due to the Bolshevik's aggression – the post was held by the minister of justice.

After the occupation of Ukraine by Bolsheviks in June 1922, the Prosecutor's Office of the Ukrainian SSR was established.{{cite encyclopedia |first=Fedir |last=Hlukh |authorlink=Fedir Hlukh |url=https://leksika.com.ua/17831210/ure/prokuratura_ursr |trans-title=The Prosecutor's Office of the Ukrainian SSR |title=ПРОКУРАТУРА УРСР |language=uk |encyclopedia=Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia}} The prosecutor general was appointed by the Ukrainian government and remained merged with the minister of justice until the 1936 Constitution of the Soviet Union came into force, at which point the republican prosecution office of Ukraine was subordinated to the prosecutor general of the USSR.

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Генеральний прокурор України

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| termlength = Six years

| constituting_instrument = Constitution Article 122{{cn|date=January 2023}}

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| incumbent = No seat{{cite news | last1= Sukhov | first1= Oleg | title= Andriy Kostin appointed prosecutor general. Here's what we know about him | date= 27 July 2022 |newspaper= The Kyiv Independent | url= https://kyivindependent.com/politics/parliament-appoints-mp-andriy-kostin-as-prosecutor-general |access-date= 27 July 2022 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20220727110628/https://kyivindependent.com/politics/parliament-appoints-mp-andriy-kostin-as-prosecutor-general |archive-date= 27 July 2022 |url-status=live }}

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| incumbentsince = 29 October 2024

| appointer = President of Ukraine

| appointer_qualified = with parliamentary consent

| formation = 18 Jan 1918 (originally){{cn|date=January 2023}} / 5 Nov 1991 (post-declaration){{cn|date=January 2023}}

| deputy = First Deputy

| inaugural = Dmytro Markevych (originally) / Viktor Shyshkin (acting)

| website = [http://www.gp.gov.ua/ www.gp.gov.ua]

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Following Ukrainian independence in 1991, the prosecutor general wielded considerable power{{cite web |url=http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=212fa5f8-4f4b-4b4d-9d5a-693579e0c95e |title=Amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine passed: Ukraine takes a major step towards a European System of Justice] |website=Lexology |date=9 June 2016}} as a legacy of the Soviet Union state prosecutor's office. Many of the office's functions were expanded in 1991, but in 2016 the powers of the office were decreased and limited.

Prior to January 2017, the term of authority of the prosecutor was five years. Since January 2017 this was increased to six years. This list below shows prosecutors of independent Ukraine. In the absence of the prosecutor general, the office is headed by their first deputy as the acting prosecutor general.

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• act – acting
• comm – parliamentary commissioner

Notes:

• {{note|1|1}} Makhnitskyi served as acting prosecutor by being appointed by the acting president of Ukraine. Makhnitskyi is also the only head of the office in the post-Soviet Ukraine who served as a parliamentary commissioner.
• {{note|2|2}} Shokin was set to be formally dismissed since 16 February 2016[http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/331171.html Profile committee recommends parliament back prosecutor general's resignation], Interfax-Ukraine (16 March 2016) after submitting a letter of resignation and taking a vacation.[https://web.archive.org/web/20160329224910/http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2016/02/29/7100690/ The Prosecutor General Office: Shokin wrote a resignation letter, but at this time he is on vacations]. Ukrayinska Pravda. 29 March 2016 On 16 March Shokin returned to his duties as if he never submitted any letters of resignation. He was formally dismissed in a parliamentary vote on 29 March 2016.[http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/333889.html Rada agrees to dismiss Ukrainian Prosecutor General Shokin], Interfax-Ukraine (29 March 2016)
• {{note|3|3}} Yuriy Sevruk served as acting prosecutor, being the first deputy general prosecutor until the official appointment of a new Prosecutor General.[https://web.archive.org/web/20160329224256/http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2016/03/29/7103736/ The office of Prosecutor General explained who will be an acting Prosecutor General]. Ukrayinska Pravda. 29 March 2016}}

• Judicial system of Ukraine
• Ministry of Justice (Ukraine)

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• [http://zakon.rada.gov.ua/cgi-bin/laws/main.cgi?nreg=1789-12&p=1275121932817014 Law of Ukraine "On Prosecutor"s Office"]
• [https://gp.gov.ua]. Prosecutor General's Office website

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