Viktor Tikhonov (politician)

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

Viktor Tikhonov
Віктор Тихонов
Ambassador to Belarus
In office
1 June 2011 – 26 November 2012
Preceded byRoman Bezsmertnyi
Succeeded byMykhailo Yezhel
Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine
In office
11 March 2010 – 1 June 2011
Prime MinisterMykola Azarov
Chairman of the Luhansk Oblast Council
In office
24 April 1998 – April 2006
Preceded byLeonid Dayneko
Succeeded byValeriy Holenko
Deputy Governor of Luhansk Oblast
In office
November 1995 – April 1998
GovernorHennadiy Fomenko
Member of the Verkhovna Rada
In office
15 May 1990 – 10 May 1994
In office
25 May 2006 – 27 November 2014
Personal details
Born(1949-03-05)5 March 1949[1]
Antratsyt Raion, Luhansk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died29 August 2020(2020-08-29) (aged 71)
Simferopol, Crimea
Political partyParty of Regions

Biography

Born in Antratsyt Raion, Tikhonov served in the Verkhovna Rada from 1990 to 1994[2] and again from 2006[3] to 2014.[4] 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.[5]

Additionally, Tikhonov was chairman of the Luhansk Regional Council in eastern Ukraine from 1998 to 2006.[5] He also served as the ambassador to Belarus from 2011 to 2012.[5]

In a 2016 interview, Tikhonov stated that he now permanently lived in Russian-occupied Crimea.[5]

Viktor Tikhonov died from pneumonia in Simferopol on 29 August 2020, at the age of 71.[5]

References
  1. "Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України". static.rada.gov.ua. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  2. "Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України". static.rada.gov.ua. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  3. "Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України". itd.rada.gov.ua. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  4. "Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України". itd.rada.gov.ua. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  5. "Азаров: Помер колишній віце-прем'єр України". Ukrayinska Pravda. 2020-08-29. Archived from the original on 2020-08-31. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
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