Alexander Khloponin

Alexander Gennadyevich Khloponin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Генна́дьевич Хлопо́нин); born March 6, 1965). Khloponin was the governor of Krasnoyarsk Krai in Siberia, Russia.

Alexander Khloponin
Александр Хлопонин
Deputy Prime Minister of Russia
In office
January 19, 2010 – May 7, 2018
Presidential Envoy of the North Caucasian Federal District
In office
January 19, 2010 – May 12, 2014
Succeeded bySergey Melikov
Governor of Krasnoyarsk Krai
In office
October 3, 2002 – January 19, 2010
Preceded byAlexander Lebed
Succeeded byEdkham Akbulatov (acting)[1]
Governor of Taymyria
In office
February 21, 2001 – October 10, 2002
Preceded byGennady Nedelin
Succeeded byOleg Budargin
Personal details
Born (1965-03-06) March 6, 1965
Colombo, Sri Lanka
NationalityRussian
Political partyUnited Russia
Alma materFinance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation
ProfessionPolitician, businessman

Khloponin has a finance degree from the Finance Academy (famous Russian university located in Moscow) and was chairman of the board of the Norilsk Nickel company. In 2001, he became the governor of Taymyr Autonomous Okrug in northern Siberia, holding that position until 2002.[2] Khloponin won the election for governor of Krasnoyarsk Krai against Alexander Uss, another man with major business links. The race was relatively close, with Khloponin winning only 48% of the vote even in the runoff.[3]

In 2002 Alexander Khloponin was named Person of the Year by Expert magazine, the Russian business weekly.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in January 2010 the establishment of the North Caucasian Federal District (from Southern Federal District) and appointed Alexander Khloponin Vice-Premier of the Russian Federation and Plenipotentiary Envoy of the President to the new federal district while relieving him from the governor's office.[4][5] President Vladimir Putin on May 12 replaced Khloponin as envoy with the interior ministry's Lieut Gen Sergey Melikov[6]

References
  2. http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Russian_republics.htm
  3. http://www.viperson.ru/wind.php?ID=1610 (in Russian)
  4. "Archived item". Archived from the original on March 30, 2010. Retrieved March 30, 2010.
  6. Kremlin's reshuffle in North Caucasus shows force trend in policies, experts say, Caucasian Knot, Moscow, 13 May 2014 Archived July 13, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
Political offices
Preceded by
office created		 Envoy to the North Caucasian Federal District
2010–present		 Incumbent


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