Prosecutor General of Ukraine Ruslan Ryaboshapka signed a decree on the start of his office on January 2, 2020.

The corresponding document was published by the official newspaper of the Verkhovna Rada "

The creation of the Office of the Prosecutor General provides for a new law on the reform of the prosecutor's office, adopted by the Verkhovna Rada on September 19.

The law provides for the creation of a new structure of prosecution authorities after the certification of prosecutors, the liquidation of military prosecutors, while providing the prosecutor general with the right, if necessary, to create specialized prosecutors on the rights of a structural unit of the Office of the Attorney General, regional prosecutors, district prosecutors.

In the structure of prosecution authorities, regional prosecutors will become regional, and local - district. The list and jurisdiction of district prosecutors will be determined by the prosecutor general by his order.

The law gives the Prosecutor General the authority to approve the development strategy of the prosecutor's office; system for assessing the quality of work of prosecutors; procedure for measuring and regulating the burden on prosecutors; the procedure for considering applications for improper execution by a public prosecutor in an administrative position of official duties.

According to the law, the prosecutor general will have two first deputies and deputies, without limiting their number.

The law abolished military prosecutors, and the position of deputy prosecutor general - chief military prosecutor is excluded from the list of prosecutors of the prosecutor’s body.

The norm on the number of employees has been clarified. So, out of 15 thousand. prosecutors will be no more than 10 thousand. prosecutors;