Kress Victor Melkhiorovich is a well-known national statesman. Currently, he represents the administration of the Tomsk region in communication with the federal authorities. For over 20 years, he led this Siberian region. He has a Ph.D. in Economics.
Biography Politician
Kress Victor Melkhiorovich was born in 1948. He was born in the village of Vlasovo-Dvorino, which is located in the Kostroma region. It belonged to the Palkinsky district, which is now renamed Antropovsky.
His parents were Germans by origin, and peasants by type of activity. In addition to the hero of our article, they had five more sons and one daughter. While still in elementary school, Kress Victor Melkhiorovich devoted all his free time to work with his parents at a state farm. He received a diploma in secondary education in the village of Yashkino, which is located in the Kemerovo region.
Labor activity
In 1971, Kress Victor Mel'khorovich received a diploma from the Agricultural Institute in Novosibirsk. From there, according to the distribution, he went to work in the Tomsk region, where he was a donkey.
The hero of our article was distributed at the Kornilovsky farm. At first he became a senior, and eventually a chief agronomist. The young specialist quickly climbed the career ladder. Already in the mid-70s, he headed the Sovkhoa Rodina, located in the Tomsk region of the Tomsk region.
Since 1979, Kress Viktor Melkhiorovich has been working in the regional production association "Agricultural chemistry", which is engaged in agrochemical services for the entire agricultural sector.
With the beginning of perestroika, he received a new appointment, also related to the field of agriculture. Now he is the deputy chairman of the agro-industrial committee of the Tomsk region. In this position, he oversaw production issues.
Political career
In the late 80s, Kress Viktor Melkhiorovich was seriously puzzled by the need to begin political activity. To begin with, he becomes a secretary in the Pervomaisky District Committee of the CPSU.
At the same time, he is improving his education, graduating from the Russian Academy of Management with a degree in political science.
In March 1990, Victor Kress became a regional deputy in Tomsk. Moreover, a month later he was elected chairman of the local council of people's deputies. At the same time, it occupies the prudent position of a “moderate” deputy. He equally eschewed both radical democrats and conservatives who advocated communist ideology.
During the coup in Moscow, Kress and the entire regional council in Tomsk did not support the coup. Already on August 23, the hero of our article officially announced his withdrawal from the regional party committee, due to the fact that his position radically diverged from the line of the CPSU.
At the head of the Tomsk region
For the first time, Kress was appointed Governor of Tomsk Oblast by direct decree of the President in 1991. The hero of our article first participated in the popular elections in 1995. He managed to win already in the first round, albeit in a bitter struggle. He was supported by a little less than 52% of voters.
In 1999, he was re-elected to the post of governor of the Tomsk Region, gaining an even more convincing victory.
In 2007, when direct elections of heads of regions were canceled, the head of state introduced Kress’s candidacy for consideration. Thus, he led the region until 2011.
Work in the Federation Council
In 2012, Kress Viktor Melkhiorovich was sent to the Federation Council as the plenipotentiary representative of the administration of the Tomsk region.
He still works in this position, representing the interests of the region in federal authorities.
Cress scandals
During his political career, Kress Viktor Melkhiorovich, whose biography was closely connected with the Tomsk region, more than once found himself in the center of major scandals.
For example, in 2001, right during a meeting of the regional parliament, a chicken egg was thrown at him. The sabotage was made by a nowhere working citizen named Anishchenko. As he made his way into the hall, it remained a mystery. However, a strongly excited hater of power could not get into the governor. Tom managed to dodge.
In 2010, Kressa was attacked by Sergey Zaikov. This happened during an open meeting of the City Council. He hit the governor in the face, accusing his grandmother of death. The blow was so strong that the head of the region blew. Soon after, the district court arrested Zaykov in a criminal case for using violence against a government official. Supporters of the governor spoke of a political order from his direct opponents. Zaykov was first taken into custody, but then released on bail. In the summer of 2011, the court sentenced him to 2.5 years in a penal colony.
In 2010, Kress Viktor Melkhiorovich, as governor of the Tomsk Region, equated terrorists with opposition members who are unhappy with the current government. This happened at a meeting of the public safety council, which was urgently held after the terrorist attacks in the metro.
Kress also became famous for his harsh statements in the course of communication with journalists. For example, he told Interfax that if United Russia could not win the elections to the city parliament, then this would affect the welfare of all citizens. The city will not receive financing, and the governor himself will lose the prerogative to resolve issues important for the region in the federal center. He called for the election to be pragmatic, and not vote heartily, as they did before. It was this slogan that was extremely popular in the presidential election in 1996, when Yeltsin managed to defeat the communist Zyuganov. Then, by the way, the political career of Kress himself began to develop.
In 2014, already working as a senator in the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly, Kress made a scandal at a press conference in the RIA Novosti-Tomsk publication. The ex-governor entered into a verbal skirmish with journalist Stanislav Mikryukov, who represented the opposition newspaper Novo-Tomsk, famous for its sharp materials criticizing the work of local authorities. Leading Mikryukov from a press conference asked the presenter. At the same time, the press secretary of the hero of our article Andrei Orlov spoke succinctly and sharply with respect to the journalist: "Dork."
