Victor Tolokonsky: biography, photos and interesting facts

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The article will talk about the political and statesman of the Russian Federation. Since September 16, 2014, he has been the Governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory. Previously, he was the mayor of Novosibirsk, the governor of this region, as well as the plenipotentiary of the President of the Russian Federation in the Siberian Federal District.

Family

Tolokonsky Viktor Aleksandrovich was born on May 27, 1953 in Novosibirsk. His father, Tolokonsky A. Ya., was born in Barnaul, went through the Great Patriotic War, and for twenty-three years held senior positions at the city executive committee and the regional consumer union.

Mother - N. V. Pisareva, originally from Novosibirsk. Her father taught military skills. Among his famous students were such personalities as Marshals of the Soviet Union R. Malinovsky and K. Rokossovsky. Tolokonsky's mother V. A. received a medical education and devoted her life to the work of a laboratory assistant in the regional sanitary and epidemiological station.

Education

Tolokonsky Victor graduated from school number 22 in his hometown. Then he entered the Novosibirsk Institute of National Economy. Graduated from the institute in 1974. In 1975-78. Studied at graduate school at NSU. Beforedefending his dissertation, he suddenly refused this procedure and did not receive a Ph. D.

In the seventy-eighth year, Viktor Tolokonsky joined the party and was in it until the collapse of the Soviet Union. Until 1981, he lectured at the NSU and NINH.

Political career

In 1981, Viktor Alexandrovich worked as a member of the commission under the executive committee of Novosibirsk. He served as head of the department for consumer goods and industry. Since 1983 he has headed the planning department.

In April 1991, he took the post of deputy chairman of the city executive committee of his city. And in January 1992, he sat down in the chair of the first deputy head of the administration of Novosibirsk, I. Indinok, who de alt with issues of economic reform.

In the ninety-first year, he joined the Novosibirsk political council - the "Movement of Democratic Reforms". Since 1993, he has become and. about. mayor of the city. In December of this year, he was appointed mayor of Novosibirsk. In his new post, he led a policy that was aimed at improving the economic situation of the city, and was able to eliminate the budget deficit.

Continuing career

In 1994, Viktor Tolokonsky joined the board of directors of the municipal bank of Novosibirsk and received a deputy mandate from the City Council. In 1995, he lost the election of the governor of the region to Vitaly Mukha. After that, he submitted his resignation, but the city council rejected him.

In the summer of 1995, B. Yeltsin included him in the federal body for local self-government. next year, along withGovernor Mukha Tolokonsky participated in negotiations on the release of policemen from the hands of militants S. Raduev (Pervomaiskoye village).

In the spring of 1996, after the election, he became the official city head, receiving eighty percent of the votes of Novosibirsk residents. In 1999-2000 was elected head of the regional administration.

In the winter of 2000, Viktor Tolokonsky became an authorized member of the Federation Council of Russia. Until 2001, he was a member of the parliamentary economic policy committee.

In 2003 he was re-elected as Governor of the Novosibirsk Region. And in 2005 he joined United Russia. According to him, at the beginning of his work as governor, he set three goals for himself:

• creation of a new airport on the basis of the old one;
• creation of northern bypass road;
• reconstruction of the local academic theater of opera and ballet.

The theater was reopened in the winter of 2005 after reconstruction. The airport underwent reconstruction, and in the summer of 2010 a second runway was built. But the construction of the bypass road was frozen in the mid-2000s. due to lack of funding. In 2005, the construction was resumed, by 2010 the main part of it was completed. The full opening took place in 2011. Tolokonsky believed that all of his goals were achieved in full.

In 2007, the Regional Council extended the powers of Viktor Aleksandrovich for a five-year term, whichcontributed to the initiative of Vladimir Putin. In 2010, Dmitry Medvedev made Tolokonsky his plenipotentiary in the Siberian Federal District. He left the post of governor. V. Yurchenko became his successor, later the post went to V. Gorodetsky.

In May 2014, Viktor Alexandrovich was appointed and. about. Governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory And four months later, Viktor Tolokonsky is officially the governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory.

Governor's income

According to published data, in 2009 Tolokonsky's annual income amounted to about two million rubles. His wife earned about 1 million rubles. In 2010, their income increased to nearly three million and one respectively.

Tolokonsky, according to published information, in 2014 earned about seven million rubles. His wife replenished the budget by 715 thousand. The family does not have a single car. But they have personal apartments and a private house. Viktor Alexandrovich owns half of the share in the apartment, the area of which is 304.5 square meters. His wife also owns half of the apartment with an area of 69.9 square meters. They also use a house that is 493.6 square meters.

Scandals and rumors

In February 2010 there was a big scandal in Novosibirsk. Prominent figures of the city and regional administration, close to the person of the governor, were arrested. These are the chief sports expert of the Novosibirsk region A. Solodkin and his son Alexander, the deputy mayor of the city. They were accused of participating in a criminal community.

Viktor Tolokonsky said he was convinced oftheir innocence, but at the same time noted that he would not interfere in the course of the investigation. His role in the trial was insignificant, but he was a defense witness. The investigation found his testimony unreliable.

Experts from the Peterburgskaya Politika Foundation believe that it was precisely this "inaccurate" information, together with the conflict around Tannhauser, that lowered the region's rating in the spring of 2015.

It was classified as a region with weak political stability - 4.9 points. The national average is 6.35 points. According to some rumors, the so-called mafia in white coats is still preserved in Novosibirsk. Friends and relatives of Tolokonsky control the medical sector in Novosibirsk. Viktor Aleksandrovich himself denies such rumors.

Private life

Tolokonsky Viktor (Governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory) is married and has two children. His wife, N. P. Tolokonskaya, has known her husband since school. They met in their youth and subsequently decided to tie the knot. The family was strong and happy. Natalia has a doctorate in medicine and has been in charge of the Novosibirsk Territorial Center for Infectious Pathology since 2008.

Their daughter, Elena Tolokonskaya, born in 1973, also studied at the medical school and now works at the regional hospital. She is married to Yu. I. Bravve, a well-known doctor in Novosibirsk.

Tolokonsky's son Alexei, born in 1978, studied at the Novosibirsk Medical Institute with a degree in Management in Medicine. Since 2008 has beenposition of deputy head of the regional he alth department.

And the grandson of the governor of the region Viktor Tolokonsky, Alexander, studied law at the Siberian Federal University (SFU).

Viktor Alexandrovich does not like to see his photos on the walls of officials. Once, at a meeting with the head of the Berezovsky district (V. Shvetsov), he asked to have his portrait removed from the wall. There he hung next to a portrait of Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin.

Awards

In 2001 he was awarded the Order of Friendship. In 2008, Viktor Aleksandrovich Tolokonsky (Governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory) was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland (fourth degree). In 2001, the Public Recognition Foundation awarded him a golden sign for his contribution to the economic development of the region. In June 2002, Patriarch Alexy II awarded Viktor Alexandrovich with the Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh (first degree).

Since May 5, 2011, he has been a first-class State Councilor of the Russian Federation. He is also the winner of the "Best Governors of the Russian Federation" award.