Yuriy Lutsenko
| Yuriy Lutsenko Юрій Луценко |
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| 14th General Prosecutor of Ukraine | |
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Assumed office 12 May 2016 |
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| President | Petro Poroshenko |
| Preceded by | Viktor Shokin |
| Minister of Internal Affairs | |
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In office 18 December 2007 – 11 March 2010 |
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| Prime Minister |
Yulia Tymoshenko Oleksandr Turchynov (Acting) |
| Preceded by | Vasyl Tsushko |
| Succeeded by | Anatolii Mohyliov |
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In office 4 February 2005 – 1 December 2006 |
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| Prime Minister |
Yulia Tymoshenko Yuriy Yekhanurov Viktor Yanukovych |
| Preceded by | Mykola Bilokon |
| Succeeded by | Vasyl Tsushko |
| Personal details | |
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14 December 1964 Rivne, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) |
| Political party |
Socialist Party (1991–2006) People's Self-Defense (2006–2013) Petro Poroshenko Bloc (2014–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Iryna Stepanivna |
| Children | Oleksandr Vitaliy |
| Alma mater | Lviv Polytechnic National University |
| People's Deputy of Ukraine | ||||
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| 4th convocation | ||||
| May 14, 2002 – March 3, 2005 | ||||
| Elected as: Socialist Party, No.3 | ||||
| 6th convocation | ||||
| November 23, 2007 – December 19, 2007 | ||||
| Elected as: Our Ukraine–PSD Bloc, No.1 | ||||
| 8th convocation | ||||
| November 27, 2014 – present | ||||
| Elected as: Petro Poroshenko Bloc, No.2 | ||||
Yuriy Vitaliyovych Lutsenko (Ukrainian: Юрій Віталійович Луценко; born 14 December 1964) is a Ukrainian politician and the current Prosecutor General of Ukraine (since 12 May 2016).
Lutsenko is a former Minister of Internal Affairs. He occupied this post in the two cabinets of Yulia Tymoshenko and in cabinets of Yuriy Yekhanurov, and Viktor Yanukovych. The Ministry of Internal Affairs is the Ukrainian police authority, and Lutsenko became the first civilian minister in February 2005. Lutsenko is also a former leader of the Bloc of Petro Poroshenko party and a former leader of its faction in parliament.
On 13 December 2010 Lutsenko was charged with abuse of office and forgery by Prosecutor General of Ukraine Viktor Pshonka. On 27 February 2012 Lutsenko was sentenced to four years in jail for embezzlement and abuse of office. Lutsenko was held at the Lukyanivska Prison from 26 December 2010 until 7 April 2013 when he was released from prison because Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych pardoned him (among others) for health reasons. Both Lutsenko and his political allies regard his trial as an act of political persecution by the regime of Viktor Yanukovych. The European Union, the United States Department of State, Canada, human rights organizations, and other international organizations protested against the sentence and questioned whether it was a "fair, transparent and independent legal process".
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