General Prosecutor of Ukraine
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| Formed | 1 December 1991 |
| Jurisdiction | Constitution of Ukraine |
| Headquarters | 13/15, Riznytska st, Kyiv |
| Motto | "Закон. Честь. Гідність." ("Law. Honour. Dignity.") |
| Employees | 15,000 (2017) |
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| Website | Official website |
| Prosecutor General of Ukraine Генеральний прокурор України |
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| Appointer |
President of Ukraine with parliamentary consent |
| Term length | Six years |
| Constituting instrument | Constitution Article 122 |
| Inaugural holder | Dmytro Markevych (originally) / Viktor Shyshkin (acting) |
| Formation | Jan 18, 1918 (originally) / Nov 5, 1991 (post-declaration) |
| Deputy | First Deputy |
| Website | www.gp.gov.ua |
The Prosecutor General of Ukraine (also Attorney General of Ukraine, Ukrainian: Генеральний прокурор України) heads the system of official prosecution in courts known as the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Генеральна прокуратура України). The term of authority of the Prosecutor is six years. She or he is appointed and dismissed by the president with parliamentary consent. Parliament can force the Prosecutor General to resign after a vote of no-confidence.
The current Prosecutor General is Yuriy Lutsenko (since 12 May 2016).
There are seven more additional deputies to the Prosecutor General.
The Office of the Prosecutor General is entrusted with:
The Prosecutor General is appointed to office by the President of Ukraine with the consent of the Verkhovna Rada (parliament). The Prosecutor is dismissed from office by the President. The Verkhovna Rada may express no confidence in the Prosecutor which will results, after a required number of votes is achieved, in their resignation from office.
Both in theory and in practice, the Prosecutor General and their office wield considerable power. (For instance, only the Prosecutor General and the Chairman of the Supreme Court of Ukraine may file requests to the Verkhovna Rada to withhold the immunity of deputies from detainment or arrest.) This is a legacy of the Soviet Union state prosecutor’s office founded in 1937 of which the current Prosecutor General office is the successor. After Ukraine's independence in 1991 many of the Prosecutor General office functions were expanded. In 2016 the powers of the Prosecutor General office were decreased and (starting in January 2017) limited to:
On annual basis the Prosecutor General has to report to the Verkhovna Rada about the legal situation in the country.
The Prosecutor General creates a collegiate council consisting out of the Prosecutor General, their first and other deputies, the Prosecutor of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, and other leaders of prosecution agencies.
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