Vitold Fokin

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Vitold Fokin
Вітольд Фокін
Official portrait, 1990
1st[a] 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	(1932-10-25)25 October 1932 Novomykolaivka, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Died	20 March 2025(2025-03-20) (aged 92) Kyiv, Ukraine
Political party	Independent
Other political affiliations	CPU (until 1991)
Spouse	Tomila Fokina ​ (died 2023)​ [1]
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.^[2]

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