| Viktor Tikhonov | |
| Native Name Lang: | uk |
| Office: | Ambassador to Belarus |
| Term Start: | 1 June 2011 |
| Term End: | 26 November 2012 |
| Predecessor: | Roman Bezsmertnyi |
| Successor: | Mykhailo Yezhel |
| Office2: | Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine |
| Term Start2: | 11 March 2010 |
| Term End2: | 1 June 2011 |
| Primeminister2: | Mykola Azarov |
| Office3: | Chairman of the Luhansk Oblast Council |
| Term Start3: | 24 April 1998 |
| Term End3: | April 2006 |
| Predecessor3: | Leonid Dayneko |
| Successor3: | Valeriy Holenko |
| Office4: | Deputy Governor of Luhansk Oblast |
| Term Start4: | November 1995 |
| Term End4: | April 1998 |
| 1Blankname4: | Governor |
| 1Namedata4: | Hennadiy Fomenko |
| Office5: | Member of the Verkhovna Rada |
| Term Start5: | 15 May 1990 |
| Term End5: | 10 May 1994 |
| Term Start6: | 25 May 2006 |
| Term End6: | 27 November 2014 |
| Birth Date: | 5 March 1949[1] |
| Birth Place: | Antratsyt Raion, Luhansk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Death Place: | Simferopol, Crimea |
| Party: | Party of Regions |
Viktor Mykolayovych Tikhonov, also spelled Viktor Tykhonov (Ukrainian: Віктор Миколайович Тихонов; 5 March 1949 – 29 August 2020) was a Ukrainian politician.
Born in Antratsyt Raion, Tikhonov served in the Verkhovna Rada from 1990 to 1994[2] and again from 2006[3] to 2014.[4] He also served as the First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine from 11 March 2010 until 1 June 2011, with the Cabinet of Prime Minister Mykola Azarov.
Additionally, Tikhonov was chairman of the Luhansk Regional Council in eastern Ukraine from 1998 to 2006. He also served as the ambassador to Belarus from 2011 to 2012.
In a 2016 interview, Tikhonov stated that he now permanently lived in Russian-occupied Crimea.
Viktor Tikhonov died from pneumonia in Simferopol on 29 August 2020, at the age of 71.[5]