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Vitaliy Masol
Віталій Масол
Masol in 2009
3rd Prime Minister of Ukraine
In office
16 June 1994 – 6 March 1995
PresidentLeonid Kravchuk
Leonid Kuchma
Preceded byYukhym Zvyahilsky (acting)
Succeeded byYevhen Marchuk
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Ukrainian SSR
In office
July 10, 1987 – October 23, 1990
PresidentValentyna Shevchenko
Volodymyr Ivashko (acting)
Leonid Kravchuk (acting)
Preceded byOleksandr Liashko
Succeeded byVitold Fokin
Head of DerzhPlan
In office
January 1979 – July 1987
Prime MinisterOleksandr Liashko
Preceded byPetro Rozenko
Succeeded byVitold Fokin
People's Deputy of Ukraine
In office
May 1990 – May 1994
In office
May 1994 – May 1998
Personal details
Born
Vitaliy Andriyovych Masol

(1928-11-14)14 November 1928
Olyshivka, Kyiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Ukraine)
Died21 September 2018(2018-09-21) (aged 89)
Kyiv, Ukraine
Political partyCommunist Party of Ukraine
SpouseNina Masol
ChildrenIhor Masol
Alma materKyiv Polytechnic Institute
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Vitaliy Andriyovych Masol (Ukrainian: Віталій Андрійович Масол; 14 November 1928 – 21 September 2018) was a Soviet-Ukrainian politician who served as leader of Ukraine on two occasions. He held various posts in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, most notably the Head of the Council of Ministers, which is the equivalent of today's Prime Minister, from 1987 until late 1990, when he was forced to resign. He was later Prime Minister of Ukraine, confirmed in that post on 16 June 1994. He resigned from that post on 1 March 1995.[1]

Early life and career

Vitaliy Andriyovych Masol was born in a village near

technical science; his thesis was in regards to the fatigue strength of carbon steel used to manufacture ship propellers at the plant.[1]

Political career

In the Soviet Union

Masol was a member of the

Vladimir Shcherbitsky. Shcherbitsky had intended to make him deputy minister for oil but decided that there was a more urgent vacancy on the committee. Masol later became chair of the committee and a member of the commission in charge of decontamination following the Chernobyl disaster. Masol became Deputy Head of the Ukrainian Council of Ministers on 16 January 1979.[5]

He served as Head of the Council of Ministers (equivalent of today's Prime Minister) of the Ukrainian SSR from 1987 until 17 October 1990, when he was forced to resign and was replaced by Vitold Fokin.[1][6] He was forced into resignation by Ukrainian student protests and hunger strikes known as the Revolution on Granite.[1][7] Masol was a member of the Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union between 1989 and 1991.[4]

In independent Ukraine

Masol in as a member of the 2nd Verkvona Rada

collapse of the Soviet Union and the establishment of a new political system in Ukraine.[9]

Awards

During his public service, Vitaliy Masol received numerous civil and state awards and recognition, including the Order of Lenin (in both 1966 and 1986), the Order of the October Revolution (in 1971), the Order of the Red Banner of Labour (in 1978), the Order of the Badge of Honour (in 1960), the Order of Merit 3rd class (in 1997) and 1st Class (in 2008), the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise 5th Class (in 1998) and 4th Class (in 2003).[10]

The Kyiv City Council stripped the title of "Honorary Citizen of the City of Kyiv" from Masol on 26 May 2023.[11] It stated it did so in accordance with Ukrainian decommunization laws.[11]

Death

Masol died on September 21, 2018, in Kyiv,[12] at the age of 89.[13] The cause of death was not revealed.[14]

Masol's grave in 2023

References

  1. ^
  2. – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Умер бывший премьер-министр Украины и УССР Виталий Масол. Segodnya (in Russian). 21 September 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Умер экс-премьер Украины Виталий Масол  Об этом сообщает Рамблер". Rambler (Russia) (in Russian). 21 September 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  5. ^ "МАСОЛ ВІТАЛІЙ АНДРІЙОВИЧ". resource.history.org.ua. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
  6. (page 850)
  7. Den
    (4 October 2016)
    (in Ukrainian)
    "Revolution on Granite". Photos of October 1990,
    Ukrayinska Pravda
    (accessdate: 11 November 2017)
  8. ^ "Choice of New Ukraine Premier Raises Questions About Reform". New York Times. June 17, 1994. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  9. ^ Умер экс-премьер Украины Виталий Масол, рассказавший правду о Ющенко и Януковиче. Reply UA (in Russian). 21 September 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  10. ^ Ukrainian Government Website
  11. ^ a b "The Kyiv Council deprived Brezhnev and other communists of the title of "Honorary Citizen of the City of Kyiv"". Istorychna Pravda (in Ukrainian). 26 May 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  12. ^ ""Говоришь, Нина Васильевна приготовила пюре с телятиной. Так я к вам зайду?"". 24 September 2018.
  13. UNIAN
    (21 September 2018)
  14. ^ "Скончался бывший премьер Украины Виталий Масол". Ren TV. 21 September 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
Political offices
Preceded by Prime Minister of Ukraine (Ukrainian SSR)
1987–1990
Succeeded by
Preceded by Prime Minister of Ukraine
1994–1995
Succeeded by