Viktor Aleksandrovich Tolokonsky (, born 27 May 1953) is a Russian politician. He has the federal state civilian service rank of

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Biography

He graduated from the

Novosibirsk State University of Economics and Management Novosibirsk State University of Economics and Management, NSUEM (, Federal State-Funded Educational Institution of Higher Education «Novosibirsk State University of Economics and Management») is a social and economic higher education institute ...

with

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in 1974. In 1993 he was elected as the head of the Novosibirsk administration, and as mayor of the

Novosibirsk Novosibirsk is the largest city and administrative centre of Novosibirsk Oblast and the Siberian Federal District in Russia. As of the 2021 Russian census, 2021 census, it had a population of 1,633,595, making it the most populous city in Siber ...

city when this position was established in 1996. He served as mayor until 2000, when he was elected as governor of

Novosibirsk Oblast Novosibirsk Oblast () is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast) located in southwestern Siberia. Its administrative center, administrative and economic center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of N ...

. In 2003 he was reelected. On 6 July 2007 Russia's President

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reappointed him for further five-year term. As a governor, he also had a seat on the

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of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation til 2001 when the new law regulating the order of the formation of the Federation Council entered into force. In 2010 Tolokonsky resigned as governor and was appointed to the

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to the

Siberian Federal District Siberian Federal District ( rus, Сибирский федеральный округ, p=sʲɪˈbʲirskʲɪj fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnɨj ˈokrʊk) is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. Its population was 17,178,298 according to the 20 ...

. He was in office til 2014 when he became a governor of

Krasnoyarsk Krai Krasnoyarsk Krai (, ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (a krai) of Russia located in Siberia. Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Krasnoyarsk, the second-largest city in Siberia after ...

. In 2017, he retired from that position voluntary. He was a member of the Presidium of the

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from 2002 to 2003, in 2008, and from 2015 to 2016. Also, as a Presidential Envoy to the

, he was a member of the

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from 2010 to 2014.

Awards

* He was awarded the orders "For Services to the Fatherland" of the IV degree, Alexander Nevsky, Honor, Friendship, St. Sergius of Radonezh of the I degree, the medal "For Merits in conducting the All-Russian Population Census" and the gold badge of honor "Public Recognition". * Winner of the national award "The best Governors of Russia". * In 2010 he was awarded a Certificate of Honor by the President of the Russian Federation for his active participation in the preparation and holding of meetings of the State Council of the Russian Federation. * Commemorative sign "For work for the benefit of the city" (Novosibirsk, 2013).

References

Living people 1st class Active State Councillors of the Russian Federation Governors of Novosibirsk Oblast Governors of Krasnoyarsk Krai 1953 births Mayors of Novosibirsk United Russia politicians Members of the Federation Council of Russia (1996–2000) Novosibirsk State University of Economics and Management alumni {{Russia-politician-stub