Alexander Vasilyevich Prokopchuk (russian: Александр Васильевич Прокопчук; 18 November 1961) is a
Russia
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n employee of the internal affairs agencies, head of the
Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation
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National Central Bureau of Interpol from 14 June 2011, and vice-president of
Interpol
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from 10 November 2016.
Early life and education
Prokopchuk was born in the
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...
,
USSR
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. He graduated from
Kyiv State University with a degree in Romano-Germanic Languages and Literature in 1983, and the
Financial University with a degree in law in 2000.
Candidate of Economic Sciences.
Controversy and career
Following the unexpected disappearance of
Meng Hongwei
Meng Hongwei (; born November 1953) is a former Chinese politician and police officer who was the president of Interpol from 2016 to 2018. He also served as vice-minister of Public Security in China from 2004 to 2018. Meng purportedly resigned i ...
by Chinese authorities in 2018, Prokopchuk became the likely successor to Hongwei as President of Interpol.
However, both
Bill Browder
William Felix Browder (born April 23, 1964) is an American-born British financier and political activist. He is the CEO and co-founder of Hermitage Capital Management, the investment advisor to the Hermitage Fund, which at one time was the large ...
of
Hermitage Capital Management
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and
Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Mikhail Borisovich Khodorkovsky (russian: link=no, Михаил Борисович Ходорковский, ; born 26 June 1963), sometimes known by his initials MBK, is an exiled Russian businessman and opposition activist, now residing in ...
lobbied against Prokopchuk stating that his presidency would be like the mafia running a police organization.
Bill Browder asserted that Prokopchuk is one of
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin; (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who holds the office of president of Russia. Putin has served continuously as president or prime minister since 1999: as prime m ...
's puppets and urged Canada to help expel Russia from Interpol.
South Korea
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as its president.
Personal life
His younger brother, Ihor Prokopchuk, is a Ukrainian diplomat who serves as the country's permanent representative to the OSCE
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is the world's largest regional security-oriented intergovernmental organization with observer status at the United Nations. Its mandate includes issues such as arms control, prom ...
.Брат кандидата з РФ на пост глави Інтерполу представляє Україну в ОБСЄ – ЗМІ
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References
External links
Alexander Prokopchuk
at the MIA
Александр Прокопчук. Досье
// Argumenty i fakty
{{DEFAULTSORT:Prokopchuk, Alexander
1961 births
Living people
Russian major generals
International law scholars
Interpol officials
Russian police officers
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv alumni
Russian people of Ukrainian descent
People from Korosten
Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation alumni