Oleh Makhnitskyi
Oleh Ihorovych Makhnitskyi is a Ukrainian politician and lawyer who was an MP of Ukraine for the 7th Convocation of the Verkhovna Rada as a member of "Svoboda". In addition, from 24 February 2014 to 18 June 2014, he served as Acting Prosecutor General of Ukraine under Petro Poroshenko, until he was replaced by Vitaly Yarema.
Early life
Makhnitskyi was born on 15 March 1970 in Lviv, which was then part of the Ukrainian SSR in the Soviet Union. After completing his schooling, starting in 1996, he began working on the prosecutor's office of the Lviv Oblast. he also, for a brief time, worked in the prosecutor's office of the Frankivskyi District of Lviv. He then became the Head of the Investigative Department of the Prosecutor's Office for Lviv Oblast.Political career
In 2004, he formally became a member of Svoboda. He was initially elected to the Verkhovna Rada for the VII convocation during the Ukrainian parliamentary election. He was part of the groups for relations with Poland, Latvia, Italy, and the Netherlands, among others, until he resigned in 2014.Ukraine Parliamentary Commissioner for the supervision of the General Prosecutor of Ukraine from 22 February 2014.
From 24 February 2014 — Acting Prosecutor General. The same day Oleh Makhnitsky left Svoboda. President Petro Poroshenko dismissed Makhnitskyi on 18 June 2014 following his own request to resign.
In February 2016, Makhnitskyi publicly accused the former Head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Arsen Avakov, and then Deputy Prosecutor General, Viktor Shokin, of obstructing investigations into the crimes committed by the government during the Revolution of Dignity. In particular, he stated they obstructed investigations into the Berkut forces and employees of the Prosecutor General's Office because it "negatively affected them".