Viktor Tolokonsky

Viktor Aleksandrovich Tolokonsky
Viktor Tolokonsky in 2005
Governor of Krasnoyarsk Krai
Incumbent
Assumed office May 12, 2014
Preceded by	Lev Vladimirovich Kuznetsov
Presidential Representative to the Siberian Federal District
In office September 9, 2010 – May 12, 2014
Preceded by	Anatoly Kvashnin
Succeeded by	Nikolai Rogozhkin
Governor of Novosibirsk Oblast
In office January 1, 2000 – September 9, 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 Novosibirsk, Russia
Nationality	Russian
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 in Novosibirsk) is a Russian politician. He has served as governor of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia since 2014.

Previously, Tolokonsky was the mayor of Novosibirsk, governor of Novosibirsk Oblast and the Presidential Representative to the Siberian Federal District.

In 1993, he was elected as the head of the Novosibirsk administration, and mayor when the position was established in 1996. He served until 2000, when he was elected as governor of Novosibirsk Oblast. On 6 July 2007, Russia's President Vladimir Putin reappointed him for further five-year term.^[1] As a governor, he also had a seat on the State Council of the Russian Federation.

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