The Second Masol government was created after the
Ukrainian parliament
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had ousted the previous
Cabinet
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of
Leonid Kuchma
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on September 21, 1993. After Kuchma's dismissal the
President of Ukraine
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Leonid Kravchuk
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took over the control of cabinet for almost a year.
On June 16, 1994, only 199 deputies voted for the appointment of
Vitaliy Masol
Vitaliy Andriyovych Masol ( uk, Віталій Андрійович Масол; 14 November 1928 – 21 September 2018) was a Soviet-Ukrainian politician who served as leader of Ukraine on two occasions. He held various posts in the Ukrainian So ...
who headed the cabinet before and was ousted as result of intense student's protests known as the "Revolution on Granite". Masol's new government was
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's third since
Ukraine gained its independence in August 1991. Note that not all members of the Cabinet were ministers.
On April 4, 1995, the Cabinet was dismissed due to the vote of no confidence resolution adopted by the
Supreme Council of Ukraine
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.
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