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Oleksandr Klymenko

Oleksandr Klymenko

2010 - graduated from the Yaroslav Mudryi National Law Academy.
2010–2015 – Investigator, Senior Investigator at the Kyiv Internal Affairs Authorities.
2015–2016 – Senior investigator at the National Police of Ukraine.
2016–2022 – detective, senior detective, since November 2017 – head of the NABU department.
21 December 2021 - declared the winner of the competition for the position of head of the SAP (scoring 246 points).
28 July 2022 - officially appointed to the position by the Prosecutor General.

Head of the key anti-corruption body that provides procedural guidance in NABU cases.
A former NABU detective who headed the SAP after winning a lengthy and complex open competition.

Position: Head of the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office since 28 July 2022.

Official profiles/sources:

Official SAP website: gp.gov.ua/ua/st-antikor-prok
SAP Facebook: facebook.com/sap.gov.ua

Oleksandr Klymenko was born in September 1986 in the Chernihiv region (Sribne). He received his higher legal education at the Yaroslav Mudryi National Law Academy. His professional career began in 2010 as an investigator in the internal affairs agencies of Kyiv. After the police reform in 2015, he became a senior investigator, specialising in cases of embezzlement of state property, in particular at Ukrzaliznytsia.

His career took off in 2016 when Klymenko was selected to join the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU). In 2022, after winning the competition, he was appointed head of the SAP.

Influence:

As head of the SAP, Oleksandr Klymenko has exclusive powers to sign suspicions against MPs and other top officials. He is a "procedural filter" who decides whether the materials gathered by NABU detectives will go to court (HACC). His activities directly influence Ukraine's international image as a state that is effectively fighting corruption.

Key decisions and actions:

Cases against MPs: during his tenure, dozens of indictments have been signed against current MPs of the 9th convocation.
Institutional independence: actively lobbies for the expansion of the SAP's powers as a separate legal entity to reduce the influence of the Prosecutor General's Office.
International cooperation: coordinates work with Europol and Interpol on the extradition of top corrupt officials who have fled the country.

Positions

Civil forfeiture: actively promotes the use of mechanisms to recover unjustified assets for the state.
Reform: supports draft laws that strengthen the procedural independence of anti-corruption prosecutors.

FAQ

What is the role of the SAP in the system of government?

The SAP is an independent unit of the Prosecutor General's Office that coordinates NABU investigations and represents the prosecution in the High Anti-Corruption Court.

What high-profile cases has it handled at NABU?

It investigated cases involving Oleksandr Onyshchenko (the "gas scheme"), Roman Nasirov (former head of the State Fiscal Service) and Oleg Gladkovsky.