Nikolay Tokarev

Nikolay Tokarev
President of Transneft
Assumed office
2007
Personal details
Born (1950-12-20) 20 December 1950
Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Political party United Russia
Meeting concerning Eastern Siberia–Pacific Ocean oil pipeline (2008)
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Nikolay Petrovich Tokarev (Russian: Николай Петрович Токарев; * 20 December 1950 in Karaganda) is a Russian businessman and oligarch. He is the president of the Russian pipeline company Transneft.[1] Tokarev was graduated from Karaganda Polytechnic Institute in 1973.

He was a KGB officer in East Germany, where he met and allied with KGB officers Vladimir Putin and Sergey Chemezov who were living in Dresden under their KGB boss Lazar Matveev.[2] Between 1996 and 1999 Tokarev worked for the state Presidential Property Management Department where Putin's title was deputy chief in 1996 and 1997.[3][4]

Tokarev has been president of Transneft since October 2007 and a member of the company's board of directors since June 2009.[5] From 2000 to 2007, he was president of the Russian oil company Zarubezhneft.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.en.transneft.ru/about/management/president/
  2. ↑ "Putin visits his former KGB boss on his 90th birthday (VIDEO)". RT. May 8, 2017. Retrieved December 9, 2017.
  3. ↑ Transneft boss - from KGB to oil diplomat. 14 September 2010. Reuters.
  4. ↑ Executive profile: Nikolai Tokarev. BusinessWeek.
  5. ↑ Rosneft


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