Viktor Tikhonov (politician)
Viktor Tikhonov | |
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Віктор Тихонов | |
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| Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine | |
| In office March 11, 2010 – June 1, 2011 | |
| Prime Minister | Mykola Azarov |
| Chairman of the Luhansk Oblast Council | |
| In office April 24, 1998 – April 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Leonid Dayneko |
| Succeeded by | Valeriy Holenko |
| Deputy Governor of Luhansk Oblast | |
| In office November 1995 – April 1998 | |
| Governor | Hennadiy Fomenko |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 March 1949 Antratsyt Raion, Luhansk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 29 August 2020 (aged 71) Simferopol, Crimea |
Viktor Mykolayovych Tikhonov, also spelled Viktor Tykhonov (Ukrainian: Віктор Миколайович Тихонов; 5 March 1949 – 29 August 2020) was a Ukrainian politician.
Biography
Born in Antratsyt Raion, Tikhonov served in the Verkhovna Rada from 1994 to 2014. 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.
Additionally, Tikhonov was chairman of the Luhansk Regional Council in eastern Ukraine from 1998 to 2006. He also served as the ambassador to Belarus from 2011 to 2012.
In a 2016 interview, Tikhonov stated that he now permanently lived in Russian-occupied Crimea.
Viktor Tikhonov died from pneumonia in Simferopol on 29 August 2020, at the age of 71.