Vitold Fokin
Vitold Fokin | |
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Вітольд Фокін | |
Official portrait, 1990 | |
| 1st Prime Minister of Ukraine | |
| In office 23 October 1990 – 1 October 1992 (Acting until 14 November 1990) | |
| President | Leonid Kravchuk |
| Preceded by | Vitaliy Masol (Soviet) |
| Succeeded by | Valentyn Symonenko (acting) |
| Member of the Verkhovna Rada | |
| In office 21 March 1991 – 5 October 1994 | |
| Chairman of DerzhPlan | |
| In office July 1987 – 1990 | |
| Prime Minister | Vitaliy Masol |
| Preceded by | Vitaliy Masol |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 October 1932 Novomykolaivka, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR |
| Died | 20 March 2025 (aged 92) Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Political party | Independent |
| Other political affiliations | CPU (until 1991) |
| Spouse |
Tomila Fokina (died 2023) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | National Mining University of Ukraine |
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Vitold Pavlovych Fokin (Ukrainian: Віто́льд Па́влович Фо́кін; 25 October 1932 – 20 March 2025) was a Ukrainian politician who served as the first Prime Minister of Ukraine from the country's declaration of independence on 24 August 1991 until 1 October 1992. He had earlier served as the prime minister of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic from 23 October 1990 to 24 August 1991.
After Vitaliy Masol was forced to resign, Fokin was appointed the head of the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR on 17 October 1990.