Alexander Khloponin

{{Short description|Russian politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2019}} {{family name hatnote|Gennadyevich|Khloponin|lang=Eastern Slavic}} {{Infobox governor | name = Alexander Khloponin | image = Alexander Khloponin (2015-10-09).jpg | caption = Khloponin in 2015 | image_size = | office = [[Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation|Deputy Prime Minister]] | term_start = 19 January 2010 | term_end = 7 May 2018 | prime_minister = [[Vladimir Putin]]<br>[[Dmitry Medvedev]] | office1 = Presidential Envoy to the [[North Caucasian Federal District]] | term_start1 = 19 January 2010 | term_end1 = 12 May 2014 | president1 = [[Dmitry Medvedev]]<br/>[[Vladimir Putin]] | predecessor1 = ''Office established'' | successor1 = [[Sergey Melikov]] | order2 = 4th | office2 = Governor of Krasnoyarsk Krai | term_start2 = 17 October 2002 | term_end2 = 19 January 2010 | predecessor2 = [[Alexander Lebed]]<br>Nikolay Ashlapov (acting) | successor2 = [[Edkham Akbulatov]] (acting)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://krsk.kp.ru/online/news/603802/|title=Эдхам Акбулатов временно исполняет обязанности губернатора Красноярского края|date=January 20, 2010}}</ref><br>[[Lev Vladimirovich Kuznetsov|Lev Kuznetsov]] | office3 = 2nd Governor of [[Taymyr Autonomous Okrug|Taymyr AO]] | term_start3 = 21 February 2001 | term_end3 = 10 October 2002 | predecessor3 = [[Gennady Nedelin]] | successor3 = [[Oleg Budargin]] | birth_date = {{Birth date and age |1965|03|06}} | birth_place = [[Colombo]], [[Dominion of Ceylon]] | alma_mater = [[Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation|Moscow Financial Institute]] | party = [[United Russia]] | profession = Politician, businessman | native_name_lang = ru | native_name = {{nobold|Александр Хлопонин}} }} '''Alexander Gennadyevich Khloponin''' ({{langx|ru|link=no|Алекса́ндр Генна́дьевич Хлопо́нин}}; born March 6, 1965) is a Russian ex 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 was a member of [[United Russia]].

== Background and education == Khloponin was born on March 6, 1965, in [[Colombo]], [[Sri Lanka|Ceylon]] (now Sri Lanka). He received a finance degree from the [[Moscow Finance Institute]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Official Website of the Government of the Russian Federation |url=http://archive.government.ru/eng/persons/141/ |access-date=2022-05-10 |website=archive.government.ru}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Russian_republics.htm|title=Russian Administrative divisions}}</ref> 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.<ref>http://www.viperson.ru/wind.php?ID=1610 (in Russian)</ref>

[[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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=14734418&PageNum=0 |title=Archived item |accessdate=30 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330230038/http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=14734418&PageNum=0 |archivedate=March 30, 2010 }}</ref><ref name="ukaz-khlo">{{Cite web|url=http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/6667|title=Указ о назначении Александра Хлопонина Заместителем Председателя Правительства и полномочным представителем Президента в Северо-Кавказском федеральном округе|date=January 19, 2010 }}</ref> President [[Vladimir Putin]] on May 12 replaced Khloponin as envoy with the [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Russia)|Interior Ministry]] Lt. Gen. Sergey Melikov<ref>[http://eng.kavkaz-uzel.ru/articles/28117/ ''Kremlin's reshuffle in North Caucasus shows force trend in policies, experts say'', Caucasian Knot, Moscow, 13 May 2014] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713090807/http://eng.kavkaz-uzel.ru/articles/28117/ |date=July 13, 2015 }}. Retrieved August 4, 2014.</ref>

== Personal life and recognition == [[File:Хлопонин А.Г.-19.09.2011.jpeg|thumb|Khloponin in 2011]] In 2002, Alexander Khloponin was named [[Person of the Year (Expert magazine)|Person of the Year]] by [[Expert magazine|''Expert'']] magazine, a Russian business weekly. Khloponin's daughter, Lyubov Khloponina, studied at the [[London School of Economics]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-07-24 |title=Don't Take Russians' Threats Seriously Until You Know Where Their Kids Live |url=https://observer.com/2017/07/children-of-russian-politicians-live-in-united-states-european-union/ |access-date=2022-05-10 |website=Observer |language=en-US}}</ref>{{Portal|Biography}}

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