Viktor Tolokonsky

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Aleksandrovich and the family name is Tolokonsky.

Viktor Tolokonsky
Виктор Толоконский
Tolokonsky in 2013
6th Governor of Krasnoyarsk Krai
In office 12 May 2014 – 27 September 2017
Preceded by	Lev Kuznetsov
Succeeded by	Aleksandr Uss
Presidential Envoy to the Siberian Federal District
In office 9 September 2010 – 12 May 2014
President	Dmitry Medvedev Vladimir Putin
Preceded by	Anatoly Kvashnin
Succeeded by	Nikolay Rogozhkin
Governor of Novosibirsk Oblast
In office 14 January 2000 – 9 September 2010
Preceded by	Vitaly Mukha
Succeeded by	Vasily Yurchenko
Mayor of Novosibirsk
In office March 1996 – January 2000
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Vladimir Gorodetsky
Personal details
Born	(1953-05-27) May 27, 1953 (age 71) Novosibirsk, Russia
Political party	United Russia
Alma mater	Novosibirsk State University of Economics and Management
Profession	Politician

Viktor Aleksandrovich Tolokonsky (Russian: Виктор Александрович Толоконский, born 27 May 1953) is a Russian politician. He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.[1]

Biography

He graduated from the Novosibirsk State University of Economics and Management with specialist degree in economics in 1974.

In 1993 he was elected as the head of the Novosibirsk administration, and as mayor of the Novosibirsk city when this position was established in 1996.

He served as mayor until 2000, when he was elected as governor of Novosibirsk Oblast. In 2003 he was reelected. On 6 July 2007 Russia's President Vladimir Putin reappointed him for further five-year term.[2] As a governor, he also had a seat on the Federation Council 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 Presidential Envoy to the Siberian Federal District. He was in office til 2014 when he became a governor of Krasnoyarsk Krai. In 2017, he retired from that position voluntary.

He was a member of the Presidium of the State Council from 2002 to 2003, in 2008, and from 2015 to 2016. Also, as a Presidential Envoy to the Siberian Federal District, he was a member of the Security Council of Russia 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".[3][4][5]
• 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.[3]
• Commemorative sign "For work for the benefit of the city" (Novosibirsk, 2013).[6]

References

1. О присвоении классных чинов государственной гражданской службы Российской Федерации федеральным государственным гражданским служащим Администрации Президента Российской Федерации (Decree 585) (in Russian). President of Russia. 5 May 2011.
2. Several governors reappointed for new terms, Radio Free Europe, 10 July 2007 Archived 11 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 09-28-2007.
3. "Толоконский, Виктор Александрович". ТАСС. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
4. "Новосибирский губернатор получил орден от президента". 2008.
5. "Награждённые государственными наградами Российской Федерации". Президент России (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-06-18.
6. "Мэр наградил новосибирцев знаком «За труд на благо города»" (in Russian). 2013.