| Alexander Khloponin | |
| Office: | Deputy Prime Minister |
| Term Start: | 19 January 2010 |
| Term End: | 7 May 2018 |
| Primeminister: | Vladimir Putin Dmitry Medvedev |
| Office1: | Presidential Envoy to the North Caucasian Federal District |
| Term Start1: | 19 January 2010 |
| Term End1: | 12 May 2014 |
| President1: | Dmitry Medvedev 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 Nikolay Ashlapov (acting) |
| Successor2: | Edkham Akbulatov (acting)[1] Lev Kuznetsov |
| Office3: | 2nd Governor of Taymyr AO |
| Term Start3: | 21 February 2001 |
| Term End3: | 10 October 2002 |
| Predecessor3: | Gennady Nedelin |
| Successor3: | Oleg Budargin |
| Birth Date: | 6 March 1965 |
| Birth Place: | Colombo, Dominion of Ceylon |
| Nationality: | Russian |
| Alma Mater: | Moscow Financial Institute |
| Party: | United Russia |
| Profession: | Politician, businessman |
| Native Name Lang: | ru |
Alexander Gennadyevich Khloponin (Russian: link=no|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.
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.
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]
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]