Viktor Shokin
Viktor Mykolayovych Shokin (Ukrainian: Віктор Миколайович Шокін; born 4 November 1952) is a former Prosecutor General of Ukraine. Having previously worked as an investigator for the Prosecutor General Office, he served as Prosecutor General for one year between 2015 and 2016.
Viktor Shokin | |
|---|---|
Віктор Шокін | |
Shokin in 2015 | |
| 13th Prosecutor General of Ukraine | |
| In office 10 February 2015 – 29 March 2016 | |
| President | Petro Poroshenko |
| Preceded by | Vitaly Yarema |
| Succeeded by | Yuriy Lutsenko |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Viktor Mykolayovych Shokin 4 November 1952 Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Independent |
| Signature | |
Amid domestic and international pressure, he was removed from office by the Ukrainian Parliament in March 2016, a move welcomed by the European Union, the United States, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Bank.
Shokin's removal played a central role in the Biden–Ukraine conspiracy theory as it was falsely claimed that then U.S. Vice President Joe Biden sought to thwart an investigation into Burisma, a company tied to his son, Hunter Biden, but Obama administration officials, European diplomats, and anti-corruption advocates in Ukraine say Shokin was removed because he failed to pursue Ukrainian politicians for corruption, and that they intervened before Biden did.