Andriy Kostin

Not to be confused with the Russian banker Andrey Kostin.
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Yevhenovych and the family name is Kostin.

Andriy Kostin
Андрій Костін
Kostin in 2023
Prosecutor General of Ukraine
In office
27 July 2022 – 31 October 2024
PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyy
Preceded byOleksiy Symonenko (acting)
Personal details
Born (1973-04-17) 17 April 1973 (age 51)
Odesa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union, (now Ukraine)
Political partyServant of the People (2019-2022)
Other political
affiliations		Independent
Alma materOdesa University
AwardsHonored Lawyer of Ukraine

Andriy Yevhenovych Kostin (Ukrainian: Андрій Євгенович Костін; born 17 April 1973) is a Ukrainian lawyer[1] and politician. As of 2022, he was a People's Deputy of Ukraine elected in 2019.[2][3] Kostin was a candidate in the 2021 competition to become the new head of the Ukrainian Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO). Civil society organisations Transparency International Ukraine, Automaidan, Anti-Corruption Action Center and Dejure stated that Kostin did not satisfy the integrity criteria of the competition. Kostin was not selected.[4][5][2] Kostin was the Head of the Verkhovna Rada Legal Policy Committee for two years, from 2020 to 2022. On 27 July 2022, Kostin was voted by the Verkhovna Rada (parliament of Ukraine) as the Prosecutor General of Ukraine.[6] He tended in his resignation on 22 October 2024, this resignation was approved by the Verkhovna Rada on 29 October.[7][8]

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