Anatoly Lokot

Anatoly Evgenevich Lokot is a Russian Politician who has served as a State Duma Deputy, and the mayor of Novosibirsk, Russia.

Biography

In 1981, he graduated from the Department of Physics and Technics of the Novosibirsk State Technical University.
He is a member of the Communist Party of the [Russian Federation], and was previously a member of the State Duma.

Career

In December 1996 he became a deputy of the Novosibirsk Regional Council of Deputies from the Dzerzhinsky district of Novosibirsk. In December 2000 he joined the Novosibirsk City Council, where he headed the Communist Party faction.
From 2003 to 2014 he was a deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation. He was elected deputy of the 4th, 5th, and 6th convocations.
He was elected in April 2014 with around 44% of the vote. He unexpectedly narrowly defeated the United Russia candidate by uniting the bulk of opposition forces.
During the September 2019 elections, Anatoly was re-elected as mayor with over 50% of the vote.