Viktor Kress

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Viktor Melkiorovich Kress (Russian: Виктор Мельхиорович Кресс) (b. 1948 in Kostroma Oblast) is the governor of Tomsk Oblast, Russia. Both his parents were ethnic Germans.

Kress graduated from Novosibirsk Agricultural Institute in 1971. From 1987-90, he was First Secretary of the CPSU committee of Pervomayskoye rayon. In 1990, Kress was elected and served as speaker of the Tomsk Oblast Soviet. He was appointed to the post of governor by President Boris Yeltsin following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 and was re-elected in 1995, 1999 and 2003.

He has been a member of United Russia (since 2004).

Kress has also authored five books

  1. Difficult Times of Russia: A Look at the Provinces (1998)
  2. Tomsk Oblast: Today and Tomorrow (1999)
  3. Tomsk Oblast at the Crossroads of the Centuries (1999)
  4. Tomsk Oblast: The Start of the 21st Century (2002)
  5. Direct Answers to Complex Questions (2003)

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