Andrey Kostin

Date of Birth: 17.04.1973

Andrey Yevgenyevich Kostin - Attorney General of Ukraine. Lawyer, Member of the Ukrainian Parliament IX Legislature, member of the Sluha Naroda party.

Place of Birth. Education. Born on April 17, 1973, in Odessa. Graduated with honors from Odessa State University named after I. I. Mechnikov in 1995 (majoring in 'Law').

Career. He worked in various law firms and other organizations. He rose from a lawyer to a company head.

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Since 2012, a member of the Council of Lawyers of the Odessa Region, Deputy Chairman of the Council of Lawyers of the Odessa Region.

Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the Odessa Region Advocacy Association.

From 2013 to 2016, Chairman of the Committee on International Relations of the National Association of Attorneys of Ukraine.

Co-founder and board member of the NGO 'Odessa Diplomatic Club'.

Co-founder and director of the law firm 'Pravo'.

Political Engagement. In 2010, he was elected as a deputy of the Odessa City Council for the Front Zmin party.

In the parliamentary elections of 2019, he was elected as a deputy for the Sluha Naroda party, No. 108 on the list.

Deputy Chairman of the Committee of the Ukrainian Parliament on Legal Policy, Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Implementation of Decisions of the European Court of Human Rights and Alternative Dispute Resolution.

Since May 2020, a member of the Ukrainian delegation in the Trilateral Contact Group for resolving the situation in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, and in November 2021, he has led it.

Member of the National Council for Combating Corruption.

In 2021, he participated in a competition for the position of head of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office but was disqualified due to a lack of integrity.

In April 2022, he was included in the Ukrainian delegation to negotiate with Russia on drafting and agreeing on a contract for security guarantees for Ukraine.

On July 27, 2022, President Volodymyr Zelensky submitted to the Supreme Council a resolution proposal to appoint Andrey Kostin as the Attorney General. On the same day, the Ukrainian Parliament appointed Andrey Kostin as the Attorney General of Ukraine. 299 deputies voted for this decision.

Awards and Titles. Honored Lawyer of Ukraine (August 23, 2021).

Family. Married, has a daughter named Anastasia.

20.09.2023