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Ruslan Riaboshapka

Ruslan Riaboshapka

Ukrainian jurist

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Heorhiiovych and the family name is Riaboshapka.

Ruslan Heorhiiovych 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]

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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] Riaboshapka is one of the founders of the Center for National Sustainability and Development.[5]

Education

1998 — graduated from International Solomon University, qualified as a specialist.[6]

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.[6]

2002–2003, was the director of the Center for Legal Reform and Bill Work under the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine.[6]

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.[7]

2013–2014 Riaboshapka for about six months worked in Transparency International Ukraine and then was a deputy minister of Justice of Ukraine.[8]

2016 - 2017 — Member of the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption.[9][10]

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

2019 — was appointed Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy.[11]

Prosecutor General of Ukraine

Riaboshapka was appointed by the Verkhovna Rada as the General Prosecutor on 29 August 2019.[12] 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.[13]

In addition to re-certification, Riaboshapka's main achievements include: intensification of investigations into withdrawals from Privatbank; 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.[14]

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 Ihor Kolomoiskyi and representatives of the "Russian world" in the parliament.[15]

Family

Ruslan is married with Olesia Bartovshchuk. The couple has three sons who live in France.[16]

Awards and merits

  • Merited Jurist of Ukraine – an official award of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine (2010).[17]
  • International Anticorruption Champions Award (2021).[18][19]

References

  1. [1]
    Oleg Sukhov. Riaboshapka replaces Lutsenko as prosecutor general. Kyiv Post. 29 August 2019
  2. [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. [3]
    The NAZK member Riaboshapka resigned. ZIK. 9 June 2017
  4. [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. [5]
    "Клімкін, Рябошапка і Данилюк заявили про створення "Центру стійкості і розвитку держави"". LB.ua. 30 November 2020. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  6. [6]
    "Рябошапка Руслан". LIGA. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  7. [7]
    "Рябошапку можуть відправити у відставку: що про нього відомо". 24 Канал (in Ukrainian). 6 March 2020. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  8. [8]
    Ruslan Riaboshapka. LIGA Dossier.
  9. [9]
    "В НАЗК дообрали двох членів. Агенція може розпочати роботу". Українська правда. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
  10. [10]
    Свобода, Радіо (9 June 2017). "Рябошапка написав заяву про відставку з посади члена НАЗК". Радіо Свобода. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  11. [11]
    "Стали відомі кадрові призначення в адміністрації президента Зеленського". Українська правда (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2019-05-21.
  12. [12]
    "Рябошапка: Я не став нічиїм слугою". Українська правда (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  13. [13]
    "Новини". Офіс Генерального прокурора (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  14. [14]
    Виступ генпрокурора Рябошапки у Верховній Раді, retrieved 2021-11-11
  15. [15]
    "Ukraine fires prosecutor general, alarming US, European countries". ABC News. 6 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  16. [16]
    "Декларації: Рябошапка Руслан Георгійович від НАЗК". declarations.com.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  17. [17]
    Viktor Yushchenko. About distinguishing with state awards of Ukraine (Про відзначення державними нагородами України). Presidential ukase. 20 January 2010
  18. [18]
    "Recognizing Anticorruption Champions Around the World". United States Department of State. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
  19. [19]
    "Honoring Anticorruption Champions". United States Department of State. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
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