Nikolay Tokarev
Nikolay Tokarev | |
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| President of Transneft | |
| Assumed office 2007 | |
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| Born | 20 December 1950 Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | United Russia |
| Dmitry Medvedev | Nikolay Tokarev |
Nikolay Petrovich Tokarev (Russian: Николай Петрович Тока��ев; * 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.[citation needed] Between 1996 and 1999 Tokarev worked for the state Presidential Property Management Department where Putin's title was deputy chief in 1996 and 1997.[2][3]
Tokarev has been president of Transneft since October 2007 and a member of the company's board of directors since June 2009.[4] From 2000 to 2007, he was president of the Russian oil company Zarubezhneft.
References[]
- ^ http://www.en.transneft.ru/about/management/president/
- ^ Transneft boss - from KGB to oil diplomat. 14 September 2010. Reuters.
- ^ Executive profile: Nikolai Tokarev. BusinessWeek.
- ^ Rosneft
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