Vitold Fokin

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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)
PresidentLeonid Kravchuk
Preceded byVitaliy Masol (Soviet)
Succeeded byValentyn Symonenko (acting)
Chairman of DerzhPlan
In office
July 1987 – 1990
Prime MinisterVitaliy Masol
Preceded byVitaliy Masol
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born (1932-10-25) 25 October 1932 (age 91)
National Mining University of Ukraine
Signature

Vitold Pavlovych Fokin (

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]

Prime Minister of Ukraine

Further information: Fokin government

On 18 April 1991, Vitold Fokin was appointed Prime Minister of Ukraine.[3]

On 12 September 1991, the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament) adopted its resolution on "Succession of Ukraine"[4] where Ukraine was declared a direct successor of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. On 22 August 1992, at a plenary session of the Verkhovna Rada, President Leonid Kravchuk accepted a succession diploma from the exiled government of the Ukrainian People's Republic.[5]

Fokin was one of the drafters and signers of the Belavezha Accords that effectively ended the Soviet Union and founded the Commonwealth of Independent States. As of 2024, he is the last signatory still alive.

During his time as prime minister, he avoided radical pro-market reforms, although critics have argued that Fokin's inaction on the matter and excessive subsidies to various unproductive enterprises contributed to hyperinflation (at 1,210% in 1992) and in general to the poor performance of the Ukrainian economy. He resigned on 8 October 1992, under pressure from the Verkhovna Rada and the general public.[6] Until May 1994, he was vice speaker of the Verkhovna Rada. He currently serves as chairman of the supervisory board of AOZT Devon.

After retirement

In 2020, the pro-Russian

war in Donbas.[7] On 30 September 2020, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a decree dismissing Fokin from the Trilateral Contact Group because he had not been guided in his "activities and statements by the national interests of Ukraine."[7] Fokin was dismissed a few days after he had claimed that there was "no war between Russia and Ukraine in Donbas".[7] 27 березня 2022 року, під час повномасштабного вторгнення РФ, одна з російських ракет влучила в будинок Фокіна. Сам Фокін не постраждав, тому що був на той момент у Молдові.[1]

References

  1. ^ https://davniyhalych.if.ua/spivachka-masha-fokina-povidomila-pro-smert-babysi-novini-ykraini/
  2. ISBN 1857430581
    (page 850)
  3. ^ Resolution of Verkhovna Rada "About appointment of Prime Minister of the Ukrainian SSR". Verkhovna Rada website. 18 April 1991.
  4. ^ Succession of Ukraine
  5. Ukrayinska Pravda
    . 22 January 2012
  6. ^ Schmemann, Serge (9 November 1992). "New Leader in a Lament for Ukraine". The New York Times.
  7. ^
    Ukrayinska Pravda
    (30 September 2020)

Notes

  1. declared independence
    from the Soviet Union on 24 August 1991.

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Political offices
Preceded byas Head of government of the Ukrainian People's Republic (in exile) Prime Minister of the Ukrainian SSR (Ukraine)
1991–1992 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
himself
as Chairman of Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR
Preceded by Chairman of Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR (Ukraine)
1990–1991 		Succeeded by
himself
(as Prime Minister of the Ukrainian SSR)
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