Viktor Pshonka

Viktor Pshonka
Віктор Пшонка
Prosecutor General of Ukraine
Incumbent
Assumed office
November 3, 2010
Preceded by Oleksandr Medvedko
Personal details
Born February 6, 1954 (1954-02-06) (age 58)[1]
Serhiivka, Donetsk Oblast, Soviet Union[1]

Viktor Pavlovych Pshonka[2] (Ukrainian: Віктор Павлович Пшонка) is the current Prosecutor General of Ukraine since November 4, 2010.[3] From November 2003 till December 2004 and again since 2006 he had been a Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine.[1] During the Orange Revolution he was dismissed from the office of Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine on his own decision.[1]

Speaking on the Ukrainian TV channel Inter four days after his appointment, Pshonka called himself "a member of President Viktor Yanukovych's team".[4] On the same day as Pshonka's appointment, President Viktor Yanukovych urged Pshonka to work on anti-corruption laws in coordination with other governmental agencies.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Biography at the Ukrainian High Council of Justice website
  2. ^ a b Yanukovych urges new prosecutor general to combat corruption, Kyiv Post (November 4, 2010)
  3. ^ Update: Yanukovych signs law on new prosecutor general, Kyiv Post (November 4, 2010)
  4. ^ Viktor Pshonka: ‘I’m a member of the president’s team’, Kyiv Post, (November 8, 2010)

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