Vitaly Yarema
Vitaly Yarema | |
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Віталій Ярема | |
![]() Yarema in 2018 | |
12th General Prosecutor of Ukraine | |
In office 19 June 2014 – 10 February 2015 | |
President | Petro Poroshenko |
Preceded by | Oleh Makhnitskyi (acting)[1] |
Succeeded by | Viktor Shokin |
22nd First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine | |
In office 27 February 2014 – 19 June 2014 | |
Prime Minister | Arseniy Yatsenyuk |
Preceded by | Serhiy Arbuzov |
Succeeded by | Stepan Kubiv |
Personal details | |
Born | Strokova, Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine SSR, Soviet Union | 14 October 1963
Political party | unaffiliated |
Alma mater | Academy of Internal Affairs of Ukraine |
Website | Official Site |
Vitaly Hryhorovych Yarema (Ukrainian: Віталій Григорович Ярема; born 14 October 1963) is a Ukrainian politician, law enforcement expert who was General Prosecutor of Ukraine from 19 June 2014 until 10 February 2015.[2] His previous position was First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine in Yatsenyuk Government since 27 February 2014, where he was responsible for law enforcement and the power block.[3] Yarema was an MP of Batkivshchyna party (unaffiliated), a former head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in Kyiv (2005–2010), and a retired lieutenant-general of police.
General Prosecutor of Ukraine
[edit]On 19 June 2014 A total of 329 MPs voted Yarema in as General Prosecutor of Ukraine following the respective nomination submitted by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.[2]
Family
[edit]Yarema and his wife Margarita have three children. A 25-year-old son Valery, 22-year-old daughter Ilona and 6-year-old daughter Roxolana.[4]
Awards
[edit]- In 1999 by the Decree of the President of Ukraine, he was awarded the medal "For Irreproachable Service" III.
- Honored Lawyer of Ukraine
References
[edit]- ^ Ukrainian president dismisses Makhnitsky as acting prosecutor general, Interfax-Ukraine (18 June 2014)
- ^ a b MPs agree to Yarema's appointment as prosecutor general, Interfax-Ukraine (19 June 2014)
- ^ "Katya Gorchinskaya: The not-so-revolutionary new Ukraine government". kyivpost.com. Archived from the original on 2014-07-07. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
- ^ "Син глави Нацбанку купається у вині, а донька Яреми полюбляє "селфі"". tabloid.pravda.com.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 9 February 2015.
External links
[edit] Media related to Vitaliy Yarema at Wikimedia Commons
- Cabinet of Ukraine Archived 2014-07-18 at the Wayback Machine
- 1963 births
- Living people
- Politicians from Kyiv Oblast
- Ukrainian jurists
- Seventh convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada
- First vice prime ministers of Ukraine
- Prosecutors general of Ukraine
- People of the Euromaidan
- Pro-Ukrainian people of the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine
- Pro-Ukrainian people of the war in Donbas