Back Fiscal General d'Ucraïna Catalan دادستان کل اوکراین Persian Procureur général d'Ukraine French התובע הכללי של אוקראינה HE Procuratore generale dell'Ucraina Italian Генеральний прокурор (Україна) Ukrainian 烏克蘭總檢察長 Chinese
| Генеральна прокуратура України | |
 Seal of the prosecutor general | |
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| Formed | 1917[1] June 1922[1] (reorganization) March 1936[1] (reorganization) 5 November 1991 (reorganization) |
| Jurisdiction | Constitution of Ukraine |
| Headquarters | 13/15, Riznytska st, Kyiv[2] |
| Motto | Закон. Честь. Гідність. (Law. Honour. Dignity.) |
| Employees | 15,000 (2017) |
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| Website | Official website |
The prosecutor general of Ukraine (also procurator general of Ukraine, Ukrainian: Генеральний прокурор України, romanized: Heneralnyi prokuror Ukrainy) heads the system of official prosecution in courts known as the Office of the Prosecutor General (Ukrainian: Офіс Генерального прокурора, romanized: Ofis Heneralnoho prokurora). The prosecutor general is appointed and dismissed by the president with consent of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament).[4] The prosecutor serves a term of office of six years[5] and may be forced to resign by a vote of no confidence in parliament.[4] The current prosecutor general, since 27 July 2022, is Andriy Kostin.[6]
The Prosecutor General's Office dates to 1917, established by the fledgling Ukrainian governments following the collapse of the Russian Empire, when the minister of justice held the office of prosecutor general.[7] In 1922, it was reorganized under socialist law after the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic became a founding member of the Soviet Union.[7] With adoption of the 1936 Constitution of the Soviet Union, the office became directly subordinated to the Prosecutor General Office of the Soviet Union;[7] this lowered the status of the office, with the prosecutor appointed by the Soviet Prosecutor General and having no government post in the Ukraine SSR.[7] Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Prosecutor General Office of Ukraine became an independent agency.[7] The office is directly proscribed in the 1996 Constitution of Ukraine.
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mykpouwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Official website of the authority. Contact Us". 2017. Archived from the original on 5 December 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
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March 17, 2020 prosecutorwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Chief prosecutor Shokin back to work – source, Interfax-Ukraine (16 March 2016)
- ^ "Закон про Вищу раду правосуддя запрацював" [The law on the High Council of Justice has come into force]. Ukrayinska Pravda (in Ukrainian). 5 January 2016.
- ^ Sukhov, Oleg (27 July 2022). "Andriy Kostin appointed prosecutor general. Here's what we know about him". The Kyiv Independent. Archived from the original on 27 July 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "ГЕНЕРАЛЬНИЙ ПРОКУРОР УКРАЇНИ" [Prosecutor General of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 8 January 2023.