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Vitaliy Masol

Ukrainian statesman (1928–2018)

Summary

Ukrainian statesman (1928–2018)

Field	Value
name	Vitaliy Masol
image	НДУ 2 Масол Віталій Андрійович.jpg
caption	Official portrait, 1990
office	3rd Prime Minister of Ukraine
president	Leonid Kravchuk
Leonid Kuchma
predecessor	Yukhym Zvyahilsky (acting)
successor	Yevhen Marchuk
term_start	16 June 1994
term_end	6 March 1995
order2	Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Ukrainian SSR
president2	Valentyna Shevchenko
Volodymyr Ivashko (acting)
Leonid Kravchuk (acting)
term_start2	July 10, 1987
term_end2	October 23, 1990
predecessor2	Oleksandr Liashko
successor2	Vitold Fokin
order3	Head of DerzhPlan
primeminister3	Oleksandr Liashko
term_start3	January 1979
term_end3	July 1987
predecessor3	Petro Rozenko
successor3	Vitold Fokin
office4	People's Deputy of Ukraine
term_start4	May 1990
term_end4	May 1994
term_start5	May 1994
term_end5	May 1998
birth_name	Vitaliy Andriyovych Masol
birth_date
birth_place	Olyshivka, Kyiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Ukraine)
death_date
death_place	Kyiv, Ukraine
party	Communist Party of Ukraine
alma_mater	Kyiv Polytechnic Institute
spouse	Nina Masol
children	Ihor Masol
signature	Vitaliy Masol Signature 1974.png
native_name	Віталій Масол
native_name_lang	uk

Leonid Kuchma Volodymyr Ivashko (acting) Leonid Kravchuk (acting) (now Ukraine)

Vitaliy Andriyovych Masol (; 14 November 1928 – 21 September 2018) was a Soviet-Ukrainian politician who served as leader of the Ukrainian government 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.

Early life and career

Vitaliy Andriyovych Masol was born in a village near Chernihiv, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on 14 November 1928. He graduated in 1951 from Kyiv Polytechnic Institute with a degree in mechanical engineering. He worked as an engineer at the New Kramatorsk Machinebuilding Factory and rose to become the head of the technical department, the head of the mechanical shop and then the deputy chief engineer. In 1971, he was awarded a doctorate in technical science; his thesis was in regards to the fatigue strength of carbon steel used to manufacture ship propellers at the plant.

Political career

In the Soviet Union

Masol was a member of the Communist Party of Ukraine. In 1972, he became deputy chairman of the state planning committee in Ukraine at the invitation of First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine, 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.

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. He was forced into resignation by Ukrainian student protests and hunger strikes known as the Revolution on Granite. Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia 2004, Routledge, 2003, (page 498) Week in numbers, UNIAN (05 October 2015) The lesson of the Revolution on Granite , Den (4 October 2016)

"Revolution on Granite". Photos of October 1990, Ukrayinska Pravda (accessdate: 11 November 2017) Masol was a member of the Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union between 1989 and 1991.

In independent Ukraine

President Leonid Kravchuk's appointment of Masol as Prime Minister of Ukraine on 16 June 1994 with his image of "an advocate of state-controlled economy" was seen as a surprise and a pre-election concession to the communist-dominated Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament). Masol was once again reinstated by President Leonid Kuchma. Masol was against most of Kuchma's reform plans and openly so; he sometimes mobilized the Verkhovna Rada against Kuchma. Masol resigned on 1 March 1995, but continued to attend meetings of the Verkhovna Rada. Masol's two periods in this office saw the beginnings of the collapse of the Soviet Union and the establishment of a new political system in Ukraine.

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).

The Kyiv City Council stripped the title of "Honorary Citizen of the City of Kyiv" from Masol on 26 May 2023.

Death

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

References

Publications, Europa. (25 September 2018). "The International Who's Who 2004". Psychology Press.
link. Segodnya. (21 September 2018)
(21 September 2018). "Умер экс-премьер Украины Виталий Масол Об этом сообщает Рамблер". Rambler (Russia).
"МАСОЛ ВІТАЛІЙ АНДРІЙОВИЧ".
978-0881324273
1857430581 (page 850)
(June 17, 1994). "Choice of New Ukraine Premier Raises Questions About Reform". New York Times.
link. Reply UA. (21 September 2018)
[http://www.kmu.gov.ua/control/uk/publish/article%3fart_id=1261693&cat_id=661258 Ukrainian Government Website]
(26 May 2023). "The Kyiv Council deprived Brezhnev and other communists of the title of "Honorary Citizen of the City of Kyiv"". [[Istorychna Pravda]].
(24 September 2018). ""Говоришь, Нина Васильевна приготовила пюре с телятиной. Так я к вам зайду?"".
[https://www.unian.info/politics/10269456-ex-ukrainian-pm-masol-dies-at-89-media.html Ex-Ukrainian PM Masol dies at 89], [[UNIAN]] (21 September 2018)
(21 September 2018). "Скончался бывший премьер Украины Виталий Масол". Ren TV.

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