Krasnoyarsk territory Governor Viktor Tolokonsky announced his resignation
Krasnoyarsk territory Governor Viktor Tolokonsky announced the resignation at a meeting with the staff of the regional government and deputies, told “Kommersant” the Deputy of regional legislative Assembly, who attended the meeting.
Reports about the possible resignation of Viktor Tolokonsky appeared in the media in mid-September. The government of the Krasnoyarsk territory until the last day denied information about his possible resignation.
Sources “Kommersant” called Mr. Tolokonsky in the list of ten Russian governors, which President Vladimir Putin could resign this fall. Victor Tolokonsky became the third Governor in a series of resignations. On 25 and 26 September a presidential decree was released from the post of Governor of Samara region Nikolay Merkushin, the Governor of Nizhny Novgorod region Valery Shantsev.
Victor Tolokonsky was born in 1953 in Novosibirsk. His political career began in 1981 in Novosibirsk regional Executive Committee. In 1992, Mr. Tolokonsky got the position of Deputy mayor of Novosibirsk, and in 1993 became head of the city administration. In 1996 he held the first national elections of the mayor of Novosibirsk, after which Victor Tolokonsky, having received the support of 80% of the electorate, went for a second term.