Anatoly Lokot

Anatoly Lokot
Mayor of Novosibirsk
Assumed office
23 April 2014
Preceded by Vladimir Gorodetsky
Personal details
Born Anatoly Evgenevich Lokot
Анатолий Евгеньевич Локоть

(1959-01-18) 18 January 1959
Novosibirsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Citizenship Soviet Union, Russia
Political party Communist Party of the Russian Federation
Alma mater Novosibirsk State Technical University

Anatoly Evgenevich Lokot (Russian: Анатолий Евгеньевич Локоть; born 18 January 1959, Novosibirsk) is the mayor of Novosibirsk in Russia.

In 1981, he graduated from the Department of Physics and Technics of the Novosibirsk State Technical University.[1]

He is a member of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, and was previously a member of the State Duma.

He was elected in April 2014 with around 44% of the vote. He unexpectedly narrowly defeated the United Russia candidate by uniting the bulk of opposition forces.[2]

References

  1. Anatoly Lokot: biography, family, photo. FB Анатолий Локоть: биография, семья, фото. ФБ.
  2. "Putin's party loses mayor race in Russia's third largest city". GlobalPost. 2014-04-04. Archived from the original on 2014-04-08. Retrieved 2014-04-11.


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