Roman Truba

A Ukrainian prosecutor and Director of the State Bureau of Investigation.

Born in 1974 in Lviv. From April 1997 to April 2015, he worked in the prosecutor's office in various positions. In 2014, he served as Deputy Head of the Main Investigative Department of the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine. In 2017, he was appointed Director of the SBI through a competition.

In the autumn of 2019, the SBI under Roman Truba opened a number of cases against the fifth President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, and sent them to the Prosecutor General's Office.

On November 20, audio recordings from Roman Truba's office were leaked online. In particular, they concern high-profile criminal cases against top Ukrainian officials. On one of the recordings, it can be heard that the case against Petro Poroshenko is controlled by the head of the Office of the President, Andrii Bohdan. And according to a recording dated September 19, President Zelenskyy set the SBI head a number of tasks regarding the opening of cases against specific state bodies.

On December 24, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a law on relaunching the State Bureau of Investigation. The powers of the current SBI director and his deputies are terminated early. A new director will be selected through a competition. Until then, Iryna Venediktova will temporarily perform his duties.