Viktor Orlov

Viktor Petrovich Orlov (Russian: Виктор Петрович Орлов; 22 March 1940 – 23 August 2021), was a Russian politician, geologist, and mining engineer. He served as the Minister of Natural Resources from 1996 to 1998, and again from 1998 to 1999.

He also served as a representative in the Federation Council from the administration of Kamchatka Krai.

Biography

Viktor Orlov was born on 22 March 1940 to a working-class family in the Ninth Village of Chernogorsk.

After leaving school, he worked in the mine administration 14/15. He served on the island of Sakhalin, starting as corporal and ending as newspaper correspondent. After demobilization, he was the released secretary of mine No. 9 in Chernogorsk.

In 1968 he graduated from the Kuibyshev Tomsk State University, majoring in geology.

From 1992 to 1993, he was the Chairman of the Committee on Geology and Subsoil Use under the Government of Russia.

From 1993 to 1996, he was the Chairman of the Committee on Geology and Subsoil Use.

On 22 August 1996, Orlov became Minister of Natural Resources until 30 April 1998.

In 1998, he had been President of the .

On 6 October 1998, he became minister again and held the same position until 19 August 1999.

On 24 January 2001, Orlov became the representative in the Federation Council from the executive authority of the Koryak Autonomous Okrug. As the Koryak Autonomous Okrug merged into Kamchatka Krai, in 2007, he became the a representative since 1 July 2007. of the Kamchatka Territory on executive authority.

Vitkor Petrovich Orlov died on 23 August 2021.

Family He was married, and had three daughters.