Alexander Vasilyevich Prokopchuk (; 18 November 1961) is a
Russia
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n employee of the internal affairs agencies, head of the
Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation National Central Bureau of Interpol from 14 June 2011, and vice-president of
Interpol
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from 10 November 2016.
Early life and education
Prokopchuk was born in the
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
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,
USSR
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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
Meng Hongwei by Chinese authorities in 2018, Prokopchuk became the likely successor to Hongwei as President of Interpol.
However, both
Bill Browder
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of
Hermitage Capital Management and
Mikhail Khodorkovsky
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lobbied against Prokopchuk stating that his presidency would be like the mafia running a police organization.
Bill Browder asserted that Prokopchuk is one of
Vladimir Putin
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's puppets and urged Canada to help expel Russia from Interpol.
South Korea
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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 OSCE
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.Брат кандидата з РФ на пост глави Інтерполу представляє Україну в ОБСЄ – ЗМІ
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References
External links
Alexander Prokopchuk
at the MIA
Александр Прокопчук. Досье
// Argumenty i fakty
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1961 births
Living people
Russian major generals
International law scholars
Interpol officials
Russian police officers
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv alumni
Russian people of Ukrainian descent
People from Korosten
Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation alumni