Svyatoslav Piskun
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Svyatoslav Mykhaylovych Piskun was the 3 times Prosecutor General of Ukraine
in 2002-2003, 2005 and 2007 till President
Viktor Yuschenko's dismissed Piskun on May 24, 2007. He is an important participant of several scandals, including the cases of Georgiy R. Gongadze
murder and United Energy Systems of Ukraine
of Yulia Tymoshenko
.
On March, 2006 he was elected
as people deputy of Verkhovna Rada
from Party of Regions
list as №96 - but he was not party member.
has been subsequently dismissed each time by the courts. The latest being an April 24, 2009 Kyiv Court of Appeals passing of a ruling saying President Yuschenko's decree dated May 24, 2007, dismissing Sviatoslav Piskun from the post of the prosecutor general was unlawful, but Piskun did not submit any application for his reinstating on the post of Prosecutor General.
Prosecutor General of Ukraine
The Prosecutor General of Ukraine heads the system of official prosecution in courts known as the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine...
in 2002-2003, 2005 and 2007 till President
President of Ukraine
Prior to the formation of the modern Ukrainian presidency, the previous Ukrainian head of state office was officially established in exile by Andriy Livytskyi. At first the de facto leader of nation was the president of the Central Rada at early years of the Ukrainian People's Republic, while the...
Viktor Yuschenko's dismissed Piskun on May 24, 2007. He is an important participant of several scandals, including the cases of Georgiy R. Gongadze
Georgiy R. Gongadze
Georgiy Ruslanovich Gongadze was a Ukrainian journalist of Georgian origin who was kidnapped and murdered in 2000.The circumstances of his death became a national scandal and a focus for protests against the government of the then President, Leonid Kuchma...
murder and United Energy Systems of Ukraine
United Energy Systems of Ukraine
United Energy Systems of Ukraine, abbreviated to UESU , was a natural gas trading company in Ukraine. In mid of 2000s, it was the largest natural gas importer in the region. Since 2000 the company had been affected by a series of scandals....
of Yulia Tymoshenko
Yulia Tymoshenko
Yulia Volodymyrivna Tymoshenko , née Grigyan , born 27 November 1960, is a Ukrainian politician. She was the Prime Minister of Ukraine from 24 January to 8 September 2005, and again from 18 December 2007 to 4 March 2010. She placed third in Forbes Magazine's List of The World's 100 Most Powerful...
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On March, 2006 he was elected
Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2006
The Ukrainian parliamentary election took place on March 26, 2006. Election campaigning officially began on July 7, 2005. Between November 26 and December 31, 2005 party lists of candidates were formed....
as people deputy of Verkhovna Rada
Verkhovna Rada
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine is Ukraine's parliament. The Verkhovna Rada is a unicameral parliament composed of 450 deputies, which is presided over by a chairman...
from Party of Regions
Party of Regions
The Party of Regions is an Ukrainian political party created on October 26, 1997 just prior to the 1998 Ukrainian parliamentary elections under the name of Party of Regional Revival of Ukraine. It was reformed later in 2001 when the party united with several others...
list as №96 - but he was not party member.
Dismissals
Piskun is the only statesman in Ukraine whose sacking by two different PresidentsPresident of Ukraine
Prior to the formation of the modern Ukrainian presidency, the previous Ukrainian head of state office was officially established in exile by Andriy Livytskyi. At first the de facto leader of nation was the president of the Central Rada at early years of the Ukrainian People's Republic, while the...
has been subsequently dismissed each time by the courts. The latest being an April 24, 2009 Kyiv Court of Appeals passing of a ruling saying President Yuschenko's decree dated May 24, 2007, dismissing Sviatoslav Piskun from the post of the prosecutor general was unlawful, but Piskun did not submit any application for his reinstating on the post of Prosecutor General.