Education
Fokin graduated from National Mining University of Ukraine in Dnipropetrovsk.
politician president prime minister
Fokin graduated from National Mining University of Ukraine in Dnipropetrovsk.
Today Novomykolaivka is located in Zaporizhia Oblast. After Vitaliy Masol was forced to resign Fokin was appointed Head of the Council of Ministers of Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (today"s equivalent of prime-minister) on 17 October 1990. As prime minister Fokin tried to avoid any radical pro-market reforms, however, critics argued that Fokin"s inaction, and further credits to various unproductive enterprises contributed to hyperinflation (1,210% in 1992) and in general to the disastrous performance of the Ukrainian economy.
He resigned on 8 October 1992 under pressure from the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament) and public.
Until May 1994, he was vice speaker of the Verkhovna Rada. He currently serves as chairman of the supervisory board of AOZT Devon.
Communist Party of Ukraine, Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.