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Ruslan Riaboshapka
Руслан Георгійович Рябошапка
Prosecutor General of Ukraine
In office
29 August 2019 – 5 March 2020
PresidentVolodymyr Zelensky
Preceded byYuriy Lutsenko
Succeeded byViktor Chumak (Acting)
Iryna Venediktova
Personal details
Born
Ruslan Heorhiovych Riaboshapka

(1976-10-14) 14 October 1976 (age 47)
Zelenohirske [uk], Podilsk Raion, Odessa Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyNon-partisan
SpouseOlesia Bartovshchuk
Children3
Alma materInternational Solomon University

Ruslan Riaboshapka (Ukrainian: Руслан Георгійович Рябошапка) (born 14 October 1976) is a Ukrainian jurist who was the Prosecutor 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 the National 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]

Education

1998 - graduated from International Solomon University, qualified as a specialist.[5]

Career

2001–2002, was Deputy Director of the Department of Legislation on Justice, Criminal and Procedural Law and Administrative Responsibility of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine.[5]

2002–2003, was the director of the Center for Legal Reform and Bill Work under the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine.[5]

2003–2010, headed the Department of Legislation on Justice, Law Enforcement and Anti-Corruption Policy of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine.

2010, was appointed Director of the newly established Bureau for Anti-Corruption Policy of the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.

2011 - 2013 — Deputy Director of the Legal Support Department of the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.[6]

2013–2014 Riaboshapka for about six months worked in Transparency International Ukraine and then was a deputy minister of Justice of Ukraine.[7]

2016 - 2017 — Member of the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption.[8][9]

May – August 2019 — was a deputy chief of staff for the recently elected President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky[1]

2019 — was appointed Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky.[10]

August 2019 — appointed Prosecutor General of Ukraine.[11]

In March 2020, Riaboshapka was removed as Prosecutor General by the Verkhovna Rada in a vote of no confidence.[12]

Family

Wife - Olesya Bartovshchuk, has three sons, living in France.[13]

Awards and merits

  • Merited Jurist of Ukraine (2010)[14] – an official of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine.[15]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Oleg Sukhov. Riaboshapka replaces Lutsenko as prosecutor general. Kyiv Post. 29 August 2019
  2. ^ Bohdan, Shefir, Riaboshapka: at Bankova they told for what each in the Presidential Administration is responsible (Богдан, Шефір, Рябошапка: на Банковій розповіли, хто за що відповідає в АП). Ukrinform. 4 June 2019
  3. ^ The NAZK member Riaboshapka resigned. ZIK. 9 June 2017
  4. ^ Riaboshapka submitted his resignation letter from the post of NAZK member (Рябошапка написав заяву про відставку з посади члена НАЗК). Radio Liberty. 9 June 2017
  5. ^ a b c "Рябошапка Руслан". LIGA. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  6. ^ "Рябошапку можуть відправити у відставку: що про нього відомо". 24 Канал (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  7. ^ Ruslan Riaboshapka. LIGA Dossier.
  8. ^ "В НАЗК дообрали двох членів. Агенція може розпочати роботу". Українська правда. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
  9. ^ "Рябошапка написав заяву про відставку з посади члена НАЗК". Радіо Свобода. Retrieved 9 червня 2017. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  10. ^ "Стали відомі кадрові призначення в адміністрації президента Зеленського". Українська правда (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2019-05-21.
  11. ^ "Рябошапка: Я не став нічиїм слугою". Українська правда (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  12. ^ "Ukraine fires prosecutor general, alarming US, European countries". ABC News. 6 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  13. ^ "Декларації: Рябошапка Руслан Георгійович від НАЗК". declarations.com.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  14. ^ Viktor Yushchenko. About distinguishing with state awards of Ukraine (Про відзначення державними нагородами України). Presidential ukase. 20 January 2010
  15. ^ "Прокурорське життя у кредит: як дружина Рябошапки придбала будинок "не по кишені" – "Спостерігач"". 5 канал (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2020-02-12.