Alexander Khloponin

Deputy Prime MinisterIn office
19 January 2010 – 7 May 2018Prime MinisterVladimir Putin
Dmitry MedvedevPresidential Envoy of the North Caucasian Federal DistrictIn office
19 January 2010 – 12 May 2014Preceded byPosition establishedSucceeded bySergey Melikov4th Governor of Krasnoyarsk KraiIn office
17 October 2002 – 19 January 2010Preceded byAlexander Lebed
Nikolay Ashlapov (acting)Succeeded byEdkham Akbulatov (acting)^[1]
Lev Kuznetsov2nd Governor of Taymyr AOIn office
21 February 2001 – 10 October 2002Preceded byGennady NedelinSucceeded byOleg Budargin Personal detailsBorn (1965-03-06) March 6, 1965 (age 59)
Colombo, Dominion of CeylonNationalityRussianPolitical partyUnited RussiaAlma materMoscow Financial InstituteProfessionPolitician, businessman

Alexander Gennadyevich Khloponin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Генна́дьевич Хлопо́нин; born March 6, 1965) is a Russian politician. Khloponin served Governor of Krasnoyarsk Krai, a krai located in Siberia, from October 2002 to January 2010. From 2010 to 2018, Khlonopin served as Deputy Prime Minister of Russia. He is a member of United Russia.

Background and education

Khloponin was born on March 6, 1965, in Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). He received a finance degree from the Moscow Finance Institute.^[2] He later served as chairman of the board of the Norilsk Nickel company.

Political career

In 2001, he became the governor of Taymyr Autonomous Okrug in northern Siberia, holding that position until 2002.^[3] 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.^[4]

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in January 2010 ordered the establishment of the North Caucasian Federal District (from Southern Federal District) and appointed 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.^[5][6] President Vladimir Putin on May 12 replaced Khloponin as envoy with the Interior Ministry Lt. Gen. Sergey Melikov^[7]

Personal life and recognition

In 2002, Alexander Khloponin was named Person of the Year by Expert magazine, a Russian business weekly. Khloponin's daughter, Lyubov Khloponina, studied at the London School of Economics.^[8]

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