Prosecutor General of Ukraine

Prosecutor General of Ukraine
Генеральний прокурор України
Emblem of the Office of the Prosecutor General
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Incumbent Oleksiy Khomenko Acting  since 31 October 2024
Seat	13/15, Riznytska st, Kyiv
Appointer	President of Ukraine with parliamentary consent
Term length	Six years
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Ukraine (Artice 112)
Formation	18 Jan 1918 (originally)[citation needed] / 5 Nov 1991 (post-declaration)[citation needed]
Website	gp.gov.ua

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The Prosecutor General of Ukraine (also procurator general, Ukrainian: Генеральний прокурор України, romanized: Heneralnyi prokuror Ukrainy [ɦeneˈralʲnei̯ prɔkʊˈrɔr ʊkrɐˈjine]) heads the system of official prosecution in courts known as the Office of the Prosecutor General (Ukrainian: Генеральна прокуратура, romanized: Heneralna prokuratura). The prosecutor general is appointed and dismissed by the president with consent of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament).^[1] The prosecutor serves a term of office of six years^[2] and may be forced to resign by a vote of no confidence in parliament.^[1]

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.^[3] In 1922, it was reorganized under socialist law after the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic became a founding member of the Soviet Union.^[3] With adoption of the 1936 Constitution of the Soviet Union, the office became directly subordinated to the Prosecutor General Office of the Soviet Union;^[3] 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.^[3] Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Prosecutor General Office of Ukraine became an independent agency.^[3] The office is directly proscribed in the 1996 Constitution of Ukraine.