Viktor Tolokonsky
{{Short description|Russian politician}}
{{family name hatnote|Aleksandrovich|Tolokonsky|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
{{Infobox Officeholder
| name = Viktor Tolokonsky
| native_name = {{nobold|Виктор Толоконский}}
| image = Viktor Tolokonsky, 2013.jpeg
| caption = Tolokonsky in 2013
| order = 6th
| office = Governor of Krasnoyarsk Krai
| term_start = 12 May 2014
| term_end = 27 September 2017
| predecessor = Lev Kuznetsov
| successor = Aleksandr Uss
| office2 = Presidential Envoy to the Siberian Federal District
| term_start2 = 9 September 2010
| term_end2 = 12 May 2014
| president2 = Dmitry Medvedev
Vladimir Putin
| predecessor2 = Anatoly Kvashnin
| successor2 = Nikolay Rogozhkin
| office3 = Governor of Novosibirsk Oblast
| term_start3 = 14 January 2000
| term_end3 = 9 September 2010
| predecessor3 = Vitaly Mukha
| successor3 = Vasily Yurchenko
| office4 = Mayor of Novosibirsk
| term_start4 = March 1996
| term_end4 = January 2000
| predecessor4 = Office established
| successor4 = Vladimir Gorodetsky
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age |1953|05|27}}
| birth_place = Novosibirsk, Russia
| nationality = Russian
| alma_mater = Novosibirsk State University of Economics and Management
| party = United Russia
| profession = Politician
}}
Viktor Aleksandrovich Tolokonsky ({{langx|ru|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.{{cite act|type=Decree|index=585|date=5 May 2011|legislature=President of Russia|title=О присвоении классных чинов государственной гражданской службы Российской Федерации федеральным государственным гражданским служащим Администрации Президента Российской Федерации|language=ru|url=http://pravo.gov.ru/proxy/ips/?searchres=&bpas=cd00000&a3=102000503&a3type=1&a3value=&a6=102000070&a6type=1&a6value=&a15=&a15type=1&a15value=&a7type=1&a7from=&a7to=&a7date=05.05.2011&a8=585&a8type=1&a1=&a0=&a16=&a16type=1&a16value=&a17=&a17type=1&a17value=&a4=&a4type=1&a4value=&a23=&a23type=1&a23value=&textpres=&sort=7&x=54&y=10}}
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.[http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2007/07/1-rus/rus-100707.asp Several governors reappointed for new terms, Radio Free Europe, 10 July 2007] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070711225316/http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2007/07/1-RUS/rus-100707.asp |date=11 July 2007 }} Accessed 09-28-2007. 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".{{Cite web |title=Толоконский, Виктор Александрович |url=https://tass.ru/encyclopedia/person/tolokonskiy-viktor-aleksandrovich |access-date=2024-06-18 |website=ТАСС}}{{Cite web |year=2008 |title=Новосибирский губернатор получил орден от президента |url=https://utro.ru/news/2008/05/29/741170.shtml}}{{Cite web |title=Награждённые государственными наградами Российской Федерации |url=http://kremlin.ru/supplement/5254 |access-date=2024-06-18 |website=Президент России |language=ru}}
- 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).{{Cite web |year=2013 |title=Мэр наградил новосибирцев знаком «За труд на благо города» |url=https://www.nsk.kp.ru/daily/26071.3/2977805/ |language=ru}}
References
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Category:1st class Active State Councillors of the Russian Federation
Category:Governors of Novosibirsk Oblast
Category:Governors of Krasnoyarsk Krai
Category:Mayors of Novosibirsk
Category:United Russia politicians
Category:Members of the Federation Council of Russia (1996–2000)
Category:Novosibirsk State University of Economics and Management alumni
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