Viktor Tikhonov (politician)

{{Short description|Ukrainian politician (1949–2020)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Viktor Tikhonov

| native_name = {{nobold|Віктор Тихонов}}

| native_name_lang = uk

| image = НДУ 1 Тихонов Віктор Миколайович.jpg

| office = Ambassador to Belarus

| term_start = 1 June 2011

| term_end = 26 November 2012

| predecessor = Roman Bezsmertnyi

| successor =Mykhailo Yezhel

| office2 = Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine

| term_start2 = 11 March 2010

| term_end2 = 1 June 2011

| predecessor2 =

| successor2 =

| primeminister2 = Mykola Azarov

| office3 = Chairman of the Luhansk Oblast Council

| term_start3 = 24 April 1998

| term_end3 = April 2006

| predecessor3 = Leonid Dayneko

| successor3 = Valeriy Holenko

| office4 = Deputy Governor of Luhansk Oblast

| term_start4 = November 1995

| term_end4 = April 1998

| predecessor4 =

| successor4 =

| 1blankname4 = Governor

| 1namedata4 = Hennadiy Fomenko

| office5 = Member of the Verkhovna Rada

| term_start5=15 May 1990

| term_end5 = 10 May 1994

| term_start6 = 25 May 2006

| term_end6 = 27 November 2014

| birth_date = {{birth date|1949|3|5|df=yes}}{{Cite web |title=Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України |url=https://static.rada.gov.ua/zakon/new/NEWSAIT/DEPUTAT1/52.htm |access-date=2024-03-02 |website=static.rada.gov.ua}}

| birth_place = Antratsyt Raion, Luhansk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union

| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|8|29|1949|3|5|df=yes}}

| death_place = Simferopol, Crimea

| party = Party of Regions

| otherparty =

| alma_mater =

}}

Viktor Mykolayovych Tikhonov, also spelled Viktor Tykhonov ({{langx|uk|Віктор Миколайович Тихонов}}; 5 March 1949 – 29 August 2020) was a Ukrainian politician.

Biography

Born in Antratsyt Raion, Tikhonov served in the Verkhovna Rada from 1990 to 1994{{Cite web |title=Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України |url=https://static.rada.gov.ua/zakon/new/NEWSAIT/DEPUTAT1/52.htm |access-date=2024-03-02 |website=static.rada.gov.ua}} and again from 2006{{Cite web |title=Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України |url=https://itd.rada.gov.ua/mps/info/expage/8869/6 |access-date=2024-03-02 |website=itd.rada.gov.ua}} to 2014.{{Cite web |title=Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України |url=https://itd.rada.gov.ua/mps/info/expage/8869/8 |access-date=2024-03-02 |website=itd.rada.gov.ua}} He also served as the First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine from 11 March 2010 until 1 June 2011, with the Cabinet of Prime Minister Mykola Azarov.

Additionally, Tikhonov was chairman of the Luhansk Regional Council in eastern Ukraine from 1998 to 2006. He also served as the ambassador to Belarus from 2011 to 2012.

In a 2016 interview, Tikhonov stated that he now permanently lived in Russian-occupied Crimea.

Viktor Tikhonov died from pneumonia in Simferopol on 29 August 2020, at the age of 71.{{cite news |title=Азаров: Помер колишній віце-прем'єр України |url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2020/08/29/7264600/ |work=Ukrayinska Pravda |date=2020-08-29 |access-date=2020-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831004152/https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2020/08/29/7264600/ |archive-date=2020-08-31 |url-status=live}}

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