Vitold Fokin
Vitold Pavlovych Fokin (Ukrainian: Віто́льд Па́влович Фо́кін; 25 October 1932 – 20 March 2025) was a Ukrainian politician. He was appointed first deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine in November 1991. After Vitaliy Masol was forced to resign Fokin was appointed Head of the Council of Ministers of Ukrainian SSR on 17 October 1990.[1]
Vitold Fokin | |
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Вітольд Фокін | |
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| 1st Prime Minister of Ukraine | |
| In office 23 October 1990 – 1 October 1992 (acting until 24 August 1991) | |
| President | Leonid Kravchuk |
| Preceded by | Vitaliy Masol (UkrSSR) |
| Succeeded by | Valentyn Symonenko (Acting) |
| State Planning Committee of Ukrainian SSR (DerzhPlan) | |
| In office July 1987 – 1990 | |
| Prime Minister | Vitaliy Masol |
| Preceded by | Vitaliy Masol |
| Succeeded by | post liquidated |
| Director of the Pervomaiskvuhillya trest | |
| Chief of the Sverdlovatratsyt kombinat | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 October 1932 Novomykolaivka, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Ukrainian SSR |
| Died | 20 March 2025 (aged 92) Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Political party | Independent (until 1990 KP(b)U) |
| Spouse(s) | Tomila Hryhoriivna |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | National Mining University of Ukraine |
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In March 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a Russian missile hit Fokin's house. However, Fokin was not injured because he was in Moldova at the time.[2]
Fokin died in Kyiv, Ukraine on 20 March 2025, at the age of 92.[3]
References
- ↑ Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States 1999, Routledge, 1998, ISBN 1857430581 (page 850)
- ↑ "Будинок у Києві, куди влучила збита ракета, належить колишньому прем'єру Фокіну" (in uk). Радіо Свобода. 28 March 2022. https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/news-budynok-zbyta-raketa-fokin/31774922.html.
- ↑ "Ukraine's first Prime Minister Vitold Fokin dies at 92" (in en). The Kyiv Independent. 20 March 2025. https://kyivindependent.com/ukraines-first-prime-minister-vitold-fokin-dies/.