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 Tykhonov
Віктор Тихонов
Ambassador to Belarus
In office 1 June 2011 – 26 November 2012
Preceded by	Roman Bezsmertnyi
Succeeded by	Mykhailo Yezhel
Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine
In office 11 March 2010 – 1 June 2011
Prime Minister	Mykola Azarov
Chairman of the Luhansk Oblast Council
In office 24 April 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
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
Died	29 August 2020(2020-08-29) (aged 71) Simferopol, Crimea
Political party	Party 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]