He graduated from the
Novosibirsk State University of Economics and Management with
specialist degree in
economics in 1974. In 1993 he was elected as the head of the Novosibirsk administration, and as mayor of the
Novosibirsk city when this position was established in 1996. He served as mayor until 2000, when he was elected as governor of
Novosibirsk Oblast. In 2003 he was reelected. On 6 July 2007 Russia's President
Vladimir Putin reappointed him for further five-year term. As a governor, he also had a seat on the
Federation Council of the
Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation til 2001 when the new law regulating the order of the formation of the Federation Council entered into force. , 18 March 2010 In 2010 Tolokonsky resigned as governor and was appointed to the
Presidential Envoy to the
Siberian Federal District. He was in office til 2014 when he became a governor of
Krasnoyarsk Krai. In 2017, he retired from that position voluntary. He was a member of the Presidium of the
State Council from 2002 to 2003, in 2008, and from 2015 to 2016. Also, as a Presidential Envoy to the
Siberian Federal District, he was a member of the
Security Council of Russia from 2010 to 2014. == Awards ==