Viktor Imantovich Alksnis (Russian: Виктор Имантович Алкснис, Latvian: Viktors Alksnis; 21 June 1950 – 1 January 2025) was a Russian politician and Soviet Air Force colonel of Latvian descent. He was the chairman of the Russian Center of Free Technologies, an organization intended to promote Free Software and open standards in Russia. He was a member of the USSR Supreme Soviet, a member of the Russian All-People's Union and also represented the Rodina (Motherland-National Patriotic Union) party in the Russian State Duma. From 2003 to 2007, he represented the People's Union party in the Fourth Duma. In 2013-2015, Viktor Alksnis was the mayor of the city of Tuchkovo in the Moscow Oblast.
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21 June 1950 Tashtagol, Kemerovo Oblast, USSR
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Died |
1 January 2025 (aged 74)
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Zodiac | Gemini |
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