Vitold Fokin

Vitold Pavlovych Fokin (; 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.Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States 1999, Routledge, 1998,  (page 850)

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.

Fokin died in Kyiv, Ukraine on 20 March 2025, at the age of 92.

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