Svyatoslav Piskun

Svyatoslav Piskun
Святослав Піскун
Piskun in 2004
Prosecutor General of Ukraine
In office
26 April 2007 – 24 May 2007
PresidentViktor Yushchenko
Preceded byOleksandr Medvedko
Succeeded byViktor Shemchuk (acting)
In office
10 December 2004 – 14 October 2005
PresidentViktor Yushchenko
Preceded byHennadiy Vasylyev
Succeeded byOleksandr Medvedko
In office
6 July 2002 – 29 October 2003
PresidentLeonid Kuchma
Preceded byMykhailo Potebenko
Succeeded byHennadiy Vasylyev
Personal details
Born (1959-03-08) 8 March 1959 (age 65)
Soviet Union Berdychiv, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations
Party of Regions (2006–2007)
SpouseSvitlana Sevast'yanivna (1962)
ChildrenTetyana (1983), Svyatoslav (2000)
Residence(s)Ukraine Kyiv, Ukraine
Alma materLviv University

Svyatoslav Mykhaylovych Piskun (Ukrainian: Святослав Михайлович Піскун, born 1 March 1959) was 3 times Prosecutor General of Ukraine.[1] He served in this role in 2002–2003, 2005 and 2007 until President Viktor Yushchenko's dismissed Piskun on 24 May 2007.[2] He worked as a prosecutor in several important cases, including murder of Georgiy Gongadze and investigation of United Energy Systems of Ukraine.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference 7264126/ Venediktova was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Court Finds Illegal Dismissal Of Piskun from Post of Prosecutor General in May 2007". Kyiv Post. Ukrainian News Agency. April 24, 2009. Archived from the original on December 1, 2008.