Oleh Makhnitskyi

Oleh Makhnitskyi
Олег Махніцький
Makhnitskyi in 2014
Prosecutor General of Ukraine
Acting
In office
24 February 2014 – 18 June 2014
President
Preceded byViktor Pshonka
Succeeded byVitaliy Yarema[1]
People's Deputy of Ukraine
In office
12 December 2012 – 27 November 2014
ConstituencySvoboda, No. 21
Personal details
Born (1970-03-15) 15 March 1970
Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
PartySvoboda
EducationLviv University

Oleh Ihorovych Makhnitskyi (Ukrainian: Олег Ігорович Махніцький; born 15 March 1970) is a Ukrainian politician and lawyer who served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from 2012 to 2014, representing the Svoboda party. In addition, from 24 February 2014 to 18 June 2014, he served as Acting Prosecutor General of Ukraine under Petro Poroshenko, until he was replaced by Vitaly Yarema.

Early life

Makhnitskyi was born on 15 March 1970 in Lviv, which was then part of the Ukrainian SSR in the Soviet Union.[2] After completing his schooling, starting in 1996, he began working on the prosecutor's office of the Lviv Oblast. he also, for a brief time, worked in the prosecutor's office of the Frankivskyi District of Lviv.[2] He then became the Head of the Investigative Department of the Prosecutor's Office for Lviv Oblast.[2]

Political career

In 2004, he formally became a member of Svoboda.[2] He was initially elected to the Verkhovna Rada for the VII convocation during the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[2] He was part of the groups for relations with Poland, Latvia, Italy, and the Netherlands, among others, until he resigned in 2014.[2][3]

He served as Parliamentary Commissioner for the supervision of the General Prosecutor of Ukraine from 22 February 2014.[4]

From 24 February 2014, Makhnitskyi was acting Prosecutor General. On the day of his appointment, Makhnitskyi resigned from his membership in Svoboda.[5] President Petro Poroshenko dismissed Makhnitskyi on 18 June 2014 following his own request to resign.[6]

In February 2016, Makhnitskyi publicly accused the former Head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Arsen Avakov, and then Deputy Prosecutor General, Viktor Shokin, of obstructing investigations into the crimes committed by the government during the Revolution of Dignity.[7] In particular, he stated they obstructed investigations into the Berkut forces and employees of the Prosecutor General's Office because it "negatively affected them".[7]

Suspicion in corruption

In July 2014 an internet newspaper nedelya-ua.com published an article of unknown author with allegation of the Makhnitsky's real estate possessions in London that worth around €8.5 million.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "MPs agree to Yarema's appointment as prosecutor general". Interfax-Ukraine. 19 June 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Свободівець Олег Махніцький очолив Генпрокуратуру". Dzerkalo Tyzhnia (in Russian). 24 February 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
  3. ↑ "Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України". itd.rada.gov.ua. Archived from the original on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ↑ "The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has adopted the Resolution "On appointing O.I. Makhnitskyi the Commissioner for controlling the activity of the Prosecutor's General Office of Ukraine"". Israel Foreign Affairs. Archived from the original on 27 November 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  5. ↑ Makhnitsky: Inaction of the Prosecutor Office seems very strange. LIGA news. 31 December 2014
  6. ↑ "Ukrainian president dismisses Makhnitsky as acting prosecutor general". Interfax-Ukraine. 18 June 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  7. 1 2 "Махніцький: Аваков і Шокін заважали розслідуванню злочинів силовиків на Майдані". Публичные Люди - последние новости в Киеве, Украине и мире (in Russian). 22 February 2016. Archived from the original on 25 February 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2026.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. ↑ Ex-prosecutor immediately buys mansion in London. Nedelya-ua. 10 July 2014
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