Alexander Vasilyevich Prokopchuk (russian: Александр Васильевич Прокопчук; 18 November 1961) is a

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n employee of the internal affairs agencies, head of the

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National Central Bureau of Interpol from 14 June 2011, and vice-president of

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from 10 November 2016.

Early life and education

Prokopchuk was born in the

Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

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. He graduated from Kyiv State University with a degree in Romano-Germanic Languages and Literature in 1983, and the Financial University with a degree in law in 2000. Candidate of Economic Sciences.

Controversy and career

Following the unexpected disappearance of

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by Chinese authorities in 2018, Prokopchuk became the likely successor to Hongwei as President of Interpol. However, both

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and

Mikhail Khodorkovsky Mikhail Borisovich Khodorkovsky (russian: link=no, Михаил Борисович Ходорковский, ; born 26 June 1963), sometimes known by his initials MBK, is an exiled Russian businessman and opposition activist, now residing in L ...

lobbied against Prokopchuk stating that his presidency would be like the mafia running a police organization. Bill Browder asserted that Prokopchuk is one of

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's puppets and urged Canada to help expel Russia from Interpol. On 21 November 2018, Interpol elected

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from

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as its president.

Personal life

His younger brother, Ihor Prokopchuk, is a Ukrainian diplomat who serves as the country's permanent representative to the

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References

External links

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