Ukrainian journalist and TV manager (born 1956)
Ihor Tolstykh
Born (1956-10-19 ) October 19, 1956 (age 67)
Ihor Mykhailovych Tolstykh (Ukrainian : Ігор Михайлович Толстих ; 19 October 1956) is a Ukrainian journalist and TV manager . From March 2013[ 1] to March 2014[ 2] he was the Chief Executive Officer of Rada TV , the television channel of the Ukrainian parliament Verkhovna Rada .
Biography
Early years. Education
Ihor Tolstykh was born on 19 October 1956 in Mariupol , then part of the Soviet Union . During his military service with the Soviet Border Troops he was stationed in Armenia . In 1982 he graduated in journalism from the Rostov State University in Rostov-on-Don .
Career
Since 1982 Tolstykh was a reporter of Mariupol city newspaper Pryazovia Worker . In September 1991 he became the deputy editor of the business newspaper Contact in the Eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk . From 1995 to 1997 he was the dean of the faculty of journalism of the Donetsk Institute of Social Education . From 1997 to 1998 he led the press service of the Donetsk Oblast Administration under then governor Viktor Yanukovych . In July 1998 Tolstykh became the Chief Executive Officer of the Donetsk Oblast State TV and Radio Company .
In 2004 he became Vice President and Deputy CEO of the National Television Company of Ukraine . In March 2013 he became the CEO of the parliament financed TV channel Rada TV .[ 1] In March 2014 he was replaced on this position by Vasyl Klymchuk.[ 2]
Tolstykh is a member of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine since 1990.
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