Vitaly Yarema
This article uses national romanization of Ukrainian.
| Vitaly Yarema Віталій Ярема | |
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| 12th General Prosecutor of Ukraine | |
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In office 19 June 2014 – 10 February 2015 | |
| President | Petro Poroshenko |
| Preceded by | Oleh Makhnitskyi (acting)[1] |
| Succeeded by | Viktor Shokin |
| 22nd First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine | |
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In office 27 February 2014 – 19 June 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Arseniy Yatsenyuk |
| Preceded by | Serhiy Arbuzov |
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| Born |
14 October 1963 Strokova, Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi Raion, Kiev Oblast, Ukrainian SSR |
| Political party | unaffiliated |
| Alma mater | Academy of Internal Affairs of Ukraine |
| Website | Official Site |
Vitaly Yarema (Ukrainian: Віталій Григорович Ярема, Vitaly Hryhorovych Yarema) is a Ukrainian politician, law enforcement expert who was General Prosecutor of Ukraine from 19 June 2014 until 10 February 2015.[2] His previous position was First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine in Yatsenyuk Government since 27 February 2014, where he was responsible for law enforcement and the power block.[3] Yarema was an MP of Batkivshchyna party (unaffiliated), a former head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in Kiev (2005–2010), and a retired lieutenant-general of police.
Biography
1971–1981 — studied at Velykokaratulska secondary school in Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi Raion, Kiev Oblast.
1981–1983 — served military service.
1983–1985 — served in bodies of the Internal Affairs on the post of a policeman of a police battalion of the Department of private security at the Dniprovsky District Department of Internal Affairs, Kyiv.
1985–1987 — studied at the Kaliningrad special high school of militia of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR.
1987–1990 — district inspector of police at Dniprovsky District Department of Internal Affairs, Kyiv.
1989–1993 — studied at the Academy of Internal Affairs of Ukraine on specialty "Science of law".
1990–1993 — served in bodies of internal Affairs as a detective and Deputy Chief of criminal investigation Department at the Dniprovsky District Department of Internal Affairs, Kyiv.
1993–1994 — Deputy Department Head — Head of Department of Department on struggle against organized criminal group and the manifestations of the criminal investigation Department police, Kiev.
1994–1997 — Deputy Head of the Criminal Investigation Department — Head of the Department of struggle against group and organized criminal cases.
1997–1999 — Head of the Criminal Investigation Department.
1999–2001 — Deputy Chief of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Internal Affairs Ministry of Ukraine.
2001–2003 — Head of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in Lviv Railways.
February — August 2003 — First Deputy Head of the Main Department — Head of the Department of struggle against organized crime of MIA, Kyiv
August — November 2003 — Deputy Head of the Criminal Investigation Department — Head of the Department of struggle against organized crime in Ukraine.
2003–2005 — First Deputy Chief of the Criminal Investigation Department of Interior Ministry of Ukraine.
2005–2010 — Head of the Main Department of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in Kyiv.
Politics
In 2006 he was elected a deputy of the Kiev City Council.
2012–2014 — People's Deputy of Ukraine, 7th convocation, deputy chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on combating organized crime and corruption. In 2013 — Chairman of the parliamentary ad hoc committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on the investigation of the attack on the media on 18 May 2013 in Kyiv and investigation of other cases of pressure on the media, obstruction of journalistic activities.
From 27 February 2014 — First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine.
Yarema did not participate in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[4]
General Prosecutor of Ukraine
On 19 June 2014 A total of 329 MPs voted Yarema in as General Prosecutor of Ukraine following the respective nomination submitted by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.[2]
Family
Married. He has three children. Yarema and his wife Margarita have three children - 25-year-old son Valery, 22-year-old daughter Ilona and 6-year-old daughter Roxolana.[5]
Awards
In 1999 by the Decree of the President of Ukraine he was awarded the medal "For Irreproachable Service" III.
Honored Lawyer of Ukraine.
References
- ↑ Ukrainian president dismisses Makhnitsky as acting prosecutor general, Interfax-Ukraine (18 June 2014)
- 1 2 MPs agree to Yarema's appointment as prosecutor general, Interfax-Ukraine (19 June 2014)
- ↑ "Katya Gorchinskaya: The not-so-revolutionary new Ukraine government". kyivpost.com. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
- ↑ (in Ukrainian) Alphabetical Index of candidates in 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Central Election Commission of Ukraine.
- ↑ "Ñèí ãëàâè Íàöáàíêó êóïàºòüñÿ ó âèí³, à äîíüêà ßðåìè ïîëþáëÿº "ñåëô³"". ÒàáëîID. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
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