Ruslan Heorhiiovych Riaboshapka (; born 14 October 1976) is a Ukrainian jurist who was the

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from August 2019 to March 2020.Oleg Sukhov.
Riaboshapka replaces Lutsenko as prosecutor general
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. 29 August 2019 Before being appointed as General Prosecutor, Ruslan Riaboshapka was responsible for its legal department and relationships of the President with courts. Riaboshapka is well known for his resignation from the

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(NAZK) back in 2017 when several members of the agency resigned during a crisis. 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. Riaboshapka is one of the founders of the Center for National Sustainability and Development.

Education

1998 — graduated from

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, qualified as a specialist.

Career

2001–2002, was Deputy Director of the Department of Legislation on Justice, Criminal and Procedural Law and Administrative Responsibility of the

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

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. 2011 - 2013 — Deputy Director of the Legal Support Department of the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. 2013–2014 Riaboshapka for about six months worked in Transparency International Ukraine and then was a deputy minister of Justice of Ukraine. 2016 - 2017 — Member of the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption. May – August 2019 — was a deputy chief of staff for the recently elected President of Ukraine

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2019 — was appointed Deputy Head of the

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Prosecutor General of Ukraine

Riaboshapka was appointed by the Verkhovna Rada as the General Prosecutor on 29 August 2019. 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. In addition to re-certification, Riaboshapka's main achievements include: intensification of investigations into withdrawals from

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; 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 of Kateryna Handziuk. 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 oligarch

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and representatives of the "

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" in the parliament.

Family

Ruslan is married with Olesia Bartovshchuk. The couple has three sons who live in France.

Awards and merits

* Merited Jurist of Ukraine – an official award of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine (2010). * International Anticorruption Champions Award (2021).

References

External links

Ruslan Riaboshapka
LIGA Dossier. {{DEFAULTSORT:Riaboshapka, Ruslan 1976 births Living people People from Podilsk Raion Ukrainian jurists Ukrainian anti-corruption activists General Prosecutors of Ukraine 21st-century Ukrainian lawyers National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Laureates of the Prize of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine for special achievements of youth in the development of Ukraine Recipients of the Honorary Diploma of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine