Vladislav Nikolayevich Tikhomirov (; 14 August 1939 – 19 June 2017) was a Russian statesman. He was the 2nd Governor of

Ivanovo Oblast Ivanovo Oblast () is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It had a population of 927,828 as of the Russian Census (2021), 2021 Russian Census. Its three largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, cities are Ivanovo (the administrat ...

from 1996 to 2000.

Biography

Vladislav Tikhomirov was born on 14 August 1939 in Kukoboy. His father, Nikolay, was a career officer, died at the front, and mother worked as a teacher. In 1962, he graduated from the Ivanovo Agricultural Institute. From 1962 to 1964 he worked as an agronomist-economist at the Kineshemsky

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Party career and political activity

From 1964 to 1971, he was the first secretary of the

Kineshemsky District Kineshemsky District () is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia.According to Law #145-OZ, the borders of the administrative and municipal districts are identical. Law #42-OZ lists the in ...

committee of the Komsomol, the head of the department, the second secretary of the Ivanovo regional committee of the Komsomol. From 1971 to 1975, he was the deputy head of the agriculture department of the Ivanovo Regional Committee of the CPSU, and the First Secretary of the Komsomolsk District Committee of the CPSU of the Ivanovo Oblast. From 1979 to 1987, he was the first secretary of the

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committee of the CPSU, and the secretary of the regional committee for the agro-industrial complex. From 1987 to 1990, he was the Chairman of the Executive Committee, and in 1990, Tikhomirov became Chairman of the Ivanovo Regional Council. Tikhomirov was elected People's Deputy of the RSFSR. From 1994 to 1996, Tikokhmirov was the Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of the Ivanovo Oblast. In 1996, he was appointed and then elected governor of the Ivanovo Oblast (50.12% in the first round), ex officio was a member of the

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, and was deputy chairman of the Committee on Agrarian Policy. Tikhomirov did not stand in the 2000 gubernatorial election. From 2001 to 2005, he was a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Ivanovo Oblast of the third convocation, chair of the

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faction. He died on 19 June 2017, and was buried in the Balino cemetery.

Personal life

He was married and had a son. He was fond of music.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tikhomirov, Vladislav 1939 births 2017 deaths Governors of Ivanovo Oblast United Russia politicians Members of the Federation Council of Russia (1996–2000) People from Pervomaysky District, Yaroslavl Oblast