Sergei Gorenko

Prosecutor and politician (1982–2022)

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Сергій Горенко

Gorenko in 2018

Prosecutor General of the Luhansk People's RepublicIn office
22 November 2019 – 16 September 2022 Personal detailsBorn

Sergei Sergeyevich Gorenko

(1982-04-06)6 April 1982
Sverdlovsk, Luhansk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet UnionDied16 September 2022(2022-09-16) (aged 40)
Luhansk, UkraineNationalityLuhansk People's RepublicEducationLuhansk State University of Internal Affairs
East Ukrainian Volodymyr Dahl National University
OccupationProsecutor

Sergei Sergeyevich Gorenko (Russian: Серге́й Серге́евич Го́ренко, Ukrainian: Сергій Сергійович Горенко; Serhiy Serhiyovych Horenko, 6 April 1982 – 16 September 2022) was a Ukrainian collaborator, prosecutor and politician of the separatist Luhansk People's Republic. He served as Prosecutor General from 2019 to 2022.^[1]

He was born in Dovzhansk in 1982. From 2007 Gorenko served in various roles in the Luhansk Chapter of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, before switching to the side of pro-Russian separatists in 2014. Gorenko was killed in an explosion from an improvised explosive device in Luhansk, on 16 September 2022, at the age of 40.^[2] The Office of the President of Ukraine claimed this to be the result of a "conflict among criminals".^[3]

References

^ "Горенко Сергей Сергеевич". General Prosecution of the Luhansk People's Republic (in Russian).
^ Sokolov, Kirill (16 September 2022). "Генпрокурор ЛНР погиб при взрыве в Луганске". RBK Group (in Russian). Retrieved 18 September 2022.
^ "В ОП назвали дві можливі причини вбивства так званого "генпрокурора ЛНР"". Українська правда (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2 January 2024.