Oleksandr Medvedko | |
Office: | General Prosecutor of Ukraine |
President: | Viktor Yushchenko |
Term Start: | 1 June 2007 |
Term End: | 3 November 2010 |
Predecessor: | Viktor Shemchuk (acting) |
Successor: | Viktor Pshonka |
President2: | Viktor Yushchenko |
Term Start2: | 4 November 2005 |
Term End2: | 26 April 2007 |
Predecessor2: | Sviatoslav Piskun |
Successor2: | Svyatoslav Piskun |
Birth Date: | 25 July 1955 |
Birth Place: | Iskrivka, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukrainian SSR |
Alma Mater: | Yaroslav the Wise Law Academy of Ukraine |
Residence: | ![]() |
Native Name Lang: | uk |
Oleksandr Medvedko (uk|Олександр Іванович Медведько) is a former Prosecutor General of Ukraine[1] Medvedko was installed in a political deal with the Party of Regions.
In December 2009, during the 2010 Ukrainian presidential election campaign, incumbent Prime Minister of Ukraine and presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko promised to replace Medvedko if elected president. Tymoshenko said Medvedko is controlled by the opposition Party of Regions headed by (also presidential candidate) Victor Yanukovych. According to her that has made it impossible to hold accountable individuals responsible for bank fraud on a massive scale during the fall of 2008.
Although Medvedko's term was set to expire in November 2012[2] Ukrainian President Victor Yanukovych dismissed Medvedko as prosecutor general on 3 November 2010.[3] According to Yanukovych Medvedko had asked for his resignation because he believed "that there should be rotation of senior staff".[4]