Alexander Khloponin

Infobox Governor
name = Alexander Gennadyevich Khloponin
office = Governor of Krasnoyarsk Krai
term_start = October 3 2002
predecessor = Alexander Lebed
office2 = Governor of Taymyria
term_start2 = February 21 2001
term_end2 = October 10 2001
predecessor2 = Gennady Nedelin
successor2 = Oleg Budargin
birth_date = birth date and age | 1965|03|06
birth_place = Colombo, Sri Lanka
nationality = Russian
party = United Russia
profession = Politician, Businessman

Alexander Gennadyevich Khloponin ( _ru. Алекса́ндр Генна́дьевич Хлопо́нин) was born on March 6, 1965 in Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). Khloponin is the governor of Krasnoyarsk Krai in Siberia, Russia.

Khloponin has a finance degree 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. [http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Russian_republics.htm] 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. [http://www.viperson.ru/wind.php?ID=1610 (in Russian)] He has been governor of Krasnoyarsk Krai since October 2002. [http://russiaprofile.org/resources/whoiswho/alphabet/K/khloponin.wbp]

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

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