Vitold Fokin

Vitold Fokin
Вітольд Фокін
Fokin in 2007
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)
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 (age 91) Novomykolaivka, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Political party	Independent
Other political affiliations	KPU (until 1991)
Spouse	Tomila Hryhoriivna (died 9 October 2023)[1]
Children	2
Alma mater	National Mining University of Ukraine
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Vitold Pavlovych Fokin (Ukrainian: Віто́льд Па́влович Фо́кін; born 25 October 1932) is a Ukrainian retired 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. Previously, he served as Prime Minister of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic from 23 October 1990 to 24 August 1991.

Fokin graduated from the National Mining University of Ukraine in Dnipro.

After Vitaliy Masol was forced to resign, Fokin was appointed Head of the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR on 17 October 1990.^[2]

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