Ruslan Riaboshapka


Ruslan Riaboshapka is a Ukrainian jurist who was the Prosecutor General of Ukraine from August 2019 to March 2020.
Before being appointed as General Prosecutor, being responsible for its legal department and relationships of the President with courts.
Riaboshapka is better known for his resignation from the National Agency for Prevention of Corruption back in 2017 when several members of the agency resigned during a crisis. 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.

Education

1998 - graduated from International Solomon University, qualified as a specialist.

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.
2002-2003, was the director of the Center for Legal Reform and Bill Work under the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine.
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.
2013–2014 Riaboshapka for about six months worked for Transparency International Ukraine and then was a deputy minister of Justice of Ukraine.
2016 - 2017 — Member of the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption.
May – August 2019 — was a deputy chief of staff for the recently elected President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky
2019 — was appointed Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky.
August 2019 — appointed Prosecutor General of Ukraine.
In March 2020, Riaboshapka was removed as Prosecutor General by the Verkhovna Rada in a vote of no confidence.

Family

Wife - Olesya Bartovshchuk, has three sons, living in France.

Awards and merits