Biography
Masol graduated in 1951 Kyiv Polytechnic Institute as an engineer, in 1971 he was awarded a doctorate in technical science.
Masol was Head of the Council of Ministers of Ukrainian SSR (today's equivalent of Prime Minister) from 1987 till 17 October 1990 when was forced to resign and was replaced by Vitold Fokin. He was forced into resignation by Ukrainian student protests and hunger strikes.
President Leonid Kravchuk's appointment of Masol as Prime Minister of Ukraine on June 16, 1994 with his image of "an advocate of state-controlled economy" was seen as a surprice 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 so openly; he sometimes mobilized the Verkhovna Rada against Kuchma. Masol resigned on March 1, 1995 continuing to attend meetings of the Verkhovna Rada.
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