Yuriy Lutsenko, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Ukrainian politician
Date of Birth: 14-Dec-1964
Place of Birth: Rivne, Rivne Oblast, Ukraine
Profession: politician
Nationality: Ukraine
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
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About Yuriy Lutsenko
- Yuriy Vitaliyovych Lutsenko (Ukrainian: ???? ??????????? ???????; born 14 December 1964) is a Ukrainian politician whose latest post was Prosecutor General of Ukraine from 12 May 2016 until 29 August 2019.Lutsenko is a former Minister of Internal Affairs.
- He occupied this post in the two cabinets of Yulia Tymoshenko and in cabinets of Yuriy Yekhanurov, and Viktor Yanukovych.
- The Ministry of Internal Affairs is the Ukrainian police authority, and Lutsenko became the first civilian minister in February 2005.
- Lutsenko is also a former leader of the Bloc of Petro Poroshenko party and a former leader of its faction in parliament.On 13 December 2010 Lutsenko was charged with abuse of office and forgery by Prosecutor General of Ukraine Viktor Pshonka.
- On 27 February 2012 Lutsenko was sentenced to four years in jail for embezzlement and abuse of office.
- Lutsenko was held at the Lukyanivska Prison from 26 December 2010 until 7 April 2013 when he was released from prison because Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych pardoned him (among others) for health reasons.
- Both Lutsenko and his political allies regard his trial as an act of political persecution by the regime of Viktor Yanukovych.
- The European Union, the United States Department of State, Canada, human rights organizations, and other international organizations protested against the sentence and questioned whether it was a "fair, transparent and independent legal process".Lutsenko's wife Iryna Lutsenko was member of the Ukrainian parliament from 2015 until 2019.
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