Biographical information
The father of the hero of our article, Boris, spent his young years in camps. He served his sentence from 18 to 28 years old. The same fate befell his mother and brother Viktor Khristenko. Having been freed, my father successfully graduated from a technical institute. After that, he worked as a secretary in the department's party bureau. Before that, I tried myself as a chief engineer in many companies. Boris Khristenko held his last position at the Chelyabinsk Polytechnic Institute, where he worked as an assistant professor.
Victor Khristenko’s paternal grandfather was also an engineer. He was shot in 1937, while his grandmother died in the camp. The maternal grandfather worked as the head of a procurement office, but later he was repressed for “sabotage.”
Victor's mother, Lyudmila, was already married before her marriage to Boris, from which she had two children (Nadezhda and Yuri).
The beginning of a government career
In 1990, the young scientist Viktor Borisovich Khristenko ran for election to the Chelyabinsk City Council and defeated his rivals. An educated and energetic specialist quickly moves up the career ladder, becomes a member of the presidium of the council, and heads the commission for developing the concept for the development of Chelyabinsk. However, the time of “councils” was already coming to an end, and Viktor Khristenko went to work in the executive body - the city executive committee, where he dealt with issues of managing the city’s property. After the collapse of the USSR, he was appointed deputy, then first deputy governor of the region. He is not wasting time; he is studying at the Academy of Agricultural Sciences of the Russian Federation. Politically, he is an active supporter of Boris Yeltsin and heads the “Our Home is Russia” party in Chelyabinsk.
Training and career
Viktor Khristenko, whose biography we are considering, graduated from school in 1974. Five years later, he successfully received a diploma from the Chelyabinsk Polytechnic Institute, where he studied in the specialty “Economics and Construction Organization”. After that, he worked as an engineer at the institute, later became a teacher, and then an associate professor. It is known that he was not a member of the CPSU, although in 1979 he made an unsuccessful attempt to join the ranks of party members. Viktor Khristenko himself later said that there was only one place, and two candidates. As a result, they hired a man who had connections.
The beginning of the way
Could all these unusual circumstances not have affected the fate of such a famous person in our country as Viktor Borisovich Khristenko? His biography, however, looks quite normal for a Soviet person born in the late 50s. First school, then the construction department of the Chelyabinsk Polytechnic University (by the way, his father, Boris Nikolaevich, was an associate professor at this university at that time).
Upon completion of his studies, Victor was assigned to his native university, worked as an engineer at the department, studied in absentia in graduate school at the Moscow Institute of Management, then became the head of the laboratory, taught, and in the late 80s was already an associate professor. So Viktor Khristenko would have continued his path in the footsteps of his father, but changes broke out in the country.
In power
Viktor Khristenko, whose photo we see in the article, was a deputy in the Chelyabinsk City Council in the period 1990-1991. Until 1996, he was the first deputy head of the administration of the Chelyabinsk region. In the spring of 1997, he was appointed representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Chelyabinsk region. In the summer, he already became Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation. From that moment on, the politician quickly and actively climbed the career ladder. In 1998, he served as deputy chairman of the government of Sergei Kiriyenko. In the fall of 1998, Victor already became the first deputy minister of finance of Russia.
In May 1996, Khristenko was appointed one of the first deputy prime ministers of Sergei Stepashin. Victor retained his post during the first government of Vladimir Putin.
The beginning of the career of Viktor Khristenko
After receiving his diploma, the young man remained in graduate school. He worked for a year at the Department of Mechanical Engineering Economics as a computer engineer. Over the next ten years, the former student taught at his institute, rising to the rank of head of the business games laboratory.
Viktor Khristenko is considered a veteran in the Russian government
From 1990 to 1991, Khristenko was a deputy of the City Council. He became the head of a permanent commission that dealt with issues of city development, was an adviser to the Presidium of the City Council, and in addition - first deputy. Chairman of the city committee on economics.
After 2000s
In the winter of 2000, the politician was Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Kasyanov. From February to March 2004, he served as temporary prime minister. At this moment, Mikhail Kasyanov left his position, and Mikhail Fradkov had not yet been appointed. However, Khristenko’s candidacy was not submitted to the State Duma for approval of the position.
In the spring of 2004, the man became head of industry and energy in the government of Mikhail Fradkov. Later he managed to remain in office under the government of Viktor Zubkov.
In 2007, a decree was issued stating that a new strategic path for the development of the electronics industry was being created, which would operate in Russia until 2025. It was said that nanoelectronics would be introduced and its compatibility with biological objects would be tested. The goal was to improve their joint activities and constant monitoring. The economic benefit consisted of a reduction in social costs.
From 2008 to 2012, Viktor Khristenko became Minister of Trade and Industry under the second government of Vladimir Putin. Since the winter of 2010, he became a member of the government commission on economic integration and development. Until 2020, he was Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission. He left his position because his term of office, four years, had expired. Since the winter of 2015, he has been president of the Russian Golf Association. Now Viktor Khristenko is the president of the EAEU Business Council.
Income and property of Victor and his wife
According to official data, Victor owns an apartment with a total area of 218 sq.m. and a house with a garden plot, located near the Pestovo golf club. Khristenko is also one of the owners of this club and the land plot in his use. The total cost of this land is impressive and amounts to more than 2 billion rubles.
Politician - owner of a golf club and the land underneath it
Since Viktor Borisovich is an official, he is not allowed to own any business. The couple are philanthropists; Khristenko became the chairman of one of the charitable foundations.
The couple is involved in charity work
The public knows little about other items of income and expenses of the famous couple. The couple live in a luxurious house on the territory of the Fantasy Island farmstead, reliably protected from prying eyes.
Awards
What else can a politician surprise us with? The family of Viktor Khristenko can be proud of him, because he has a large number of awards. He holds the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, III degree, which he received in October 2007. The award was given for many years of activity and enormous personal contribution to the economic development of the state. In the summer of 2006, the man received the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree, which he was awarded for personal efforts and the creation of friendly relations with other states in terms of future joint development in the field of technology and economics.
In the winter of 2012, the politician received the Order of Honor for effective public policy and conscientious service. In the same year, Victor received the Peter Stolypin medal, 1st degree. He has a letter of gratitude from the President of the Russian Federation and a Certificate of Honor from the Government of the Russian Federation. He is a Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. He received this award in 2009.
In the summer of 2001, he was awarded the Certificate of the Commonwealth of Independent States, which he received for promoting, strengthening and developing international relations.
In 2002, he received the Order of Dostyk, II degree, in Kazakhstan. In May 2015 he was awarded by the Supreme Council of the Eurasian Economic Union. The politician was awarded the medal “For his contribution to the creation of the Eurasian Economic Union.”
In 2020, Khristenko was awarded the Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh, 1st degree, by the Russian Orthodox Church. In 2010, he already received an award from the Russian Orthodox Church - the Order of the Holy Blessed Prince Daniel of Moscow, 1st degree.
Children
It is also known that in 2008 Yulia married (this is her second marriage) Vadim Shvetsov, who works as the general director of Sollers OJSC. Given by Ulyanovsk Automobile Sollers-Elabuga, Sollers-Naberezhnye Chelny and Sollers-Far East. The company produces cars of various domestic and foreign brands. By the way, Yulia entered into her first marriage in 2004 with Evgeny Bogdanchikov, who is the son of a famous personality - President S. Bogdanchikov.
Son Vladimir owns a significant share in a restaurant chain and personally owns a pharmaceutical business. Vladimir Khristenko is a famous person, but he gained such popularity after a loud and scandalous divorce from Eva Lanskaya, a writer. Not without a loud scandal and litigation. All these family conflicts were vividly covered in the media. In the spring of 2011, materials appeared in the press that related to the reasons for the divorce. Eva claimed that she was tired of her husband leading a glamorous lifestyle and not paying attention to his family. The news that her husband had an illegitimate child, about whom the girl knew nothing, helped her finally make a decision.
We talked about the life and career of Viktor Khristenko. There is little biographical information about the politician's life, because he does not want to show personal information. Perhaps this is the right decision, because the most secret should remain so.
The politician’s career path is especially impressive. In a short time, he managed to change many positions and tried himself in different fields. Versatility and erudition in every field gave the politician valuable experience, which he successfully applies in practice. The strong union created with Tatyana Golikova speaks of fidelity, family values and honesty. One can take an example from Victor not only as a good manager and wise politician, but also as a person with a capital “P”.
About personal
For many years, Viktor Borisovich was married to Nadezhda Khristenko, who gave birth to three children. And then a sharp turn happened: Victor fell in love with the first bride of the Kremlin (as she was sometimes jokingly called) Tatyana Golikova. In 2002, after Viktor Borisovich’s divorce from his first wife, the couple got married.
Both spouses are interesting, extraordinary people with a wide circle of acquaintances and a solid store of knowledge about the world around them. They feel good together, although they had no children together. Tatyana gets along well with her husband's children from his first marriage.
