Ruslan Riaboshapka | |
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Руслан Рябошапка | |
 Riaboshapka in 2019 | |
| Prosecutor General of Ukraine | |
| In office 29 August 2019 – 5 March 2020 | |
| President | Volodymyr Zelenskyy |
| Preceded by | Yuriy Lutsenko |
| Succeeded by | Viktor Chumak(Acting) Iryna Venediktova |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ruslan Heorhiovych Riaboshapka (1976-10-14)14 October 1976 (age 49) |
| Political party | Non-partisan |
| Spouse | Olesia Bartovshchuk |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | International Solomon University |
Ruslan Heorhiiovych Riaboshapka (Ukrainian:Руслан Георгійович Рябошапка; born 14 October 1976) is aUkrainian jurist who was theProsecutor General of Ukraine from August 2019 to March 2020.[1]
Before being appointed as General Prosecutor, Ruslan Riaboshapka was responsible for its legal department and relationships of the President with courts.[2]
Riaboshapka is well known for his resignation from theNational Agency for Prevention of Corruption (NAZK) back in 2017[1] when several members of the agency resigned during a crisis.[3][4] While a member of NAZK since 2016, he called for re-launching of the agency and appointing new leadership, due to its poor task performance over checking the electronic asset declarations.[1] Riaboshapka is one of the founders of the Center for National Sustainability and Development.[5]
1998 — graduated fromInternational Solomon University, qualified as a specialist.[6]
2001–2002, was Deputy Director of the Department of Legislation on Justice, Criminal and Procedural Law and Administrative Responsibility of theMinistry of Justice of Ukraine.[6]
2002–2003, was the director of the Center for Legal Reform and Bill Work under the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine.[6]
2003–2010, headed the Department of Legislation on Justice, Law Enforcement and Anti-Corruption Policy of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine.[citation needed]
2010, was appointed Director of the newly established Bureau for Anti-Corruption Policy of the Secretariat of theCabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.[citation needed]
2011 - 2013 — Deputy Director of the Legal Support Department of the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.[7]
2013–2014 Riaboshapka for about six months worked in Transparency International Ukraine and then was a deputy minister of Justice of Ukraine.[8]
2016 - 2017 — Member of the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption.[9][10]
May – August 2019 — was a deputy chief of staff for the recently elected President of UkraineVolodymyr Zelenskyy[1]
2019 — was appointed Deputy Head of theOffice of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy.[11]
Riaboshapka was appointed by the Verkhovna Rada as the General Prosecutor on 29 August 2019.[12] On September 19, 2019, a large-scale reform of the prosecutor's office began, the first stage of which was the cleansing of the Prosecutor General's Office from dishonest and incompetent prosecutors. During the first phase, more than 55 percent of prosecutors were fired and the staff of the Prosecutor General's Office was significantly reduced.[13]
In addition to re-certification, Riaboshapka's main achievements include: intensification of investigations into withdrawals fromPrivatbank; establishment of a department that collects and transmits evidence of Russia's armed aggression to international courts; starting over 3,000 criminal cases for deforestation; prosecution of the owners of 12 banks, who stole and took offshore about ₴13 billion; and the murder ofKateryna Handziuk.[14]
On March 5, 2020, the Verkhovna Rada expressed distrust in Riaboshapka, dismissing him from the post of Prosecutor General. Riaboshapka himself called the decision "built on outright lies and manipulations", the dismissal was initiated by people's deputies, some of whom are called close to the oligarchIhor Kolomoiskyi and representatives of the "Russian world" in the parliament.[15]
Ruslan is married with Olesia Bartovshchuk. The couple has three sons who live in France.[16]
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