Aleksandr Hudilainen | |
Nationality: | Ingrian Finn |
Order: | Head of the Republic of Karelia |
President: | Dmitry Medvedev Vladimir Putin |
Term Start: | 22 May 2012 |
Term End: | 15 February 2017 |
Predecessor: | Andrey Nelidov |
Successor: | Artur Parfenchikov |
Office1: | Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of Leningrad Oblast |
Term Start1: | 15 December 2011 |
Term End1: | 20 May 2012 |
Predecessor1: | Ivan Khabarov |
Successor1: | Sergey Bebenin |
Birth Date: | 2 May 1956 |
Birth Place: | Zlobino, Kashinsky District, Kalinin Oblast, Russian Soviet Republic, Soviet Union (now Tver Oblast, Russia) |
Party: | United Russia |
Native Name Lang: | ru |
Aleksandr Petrovich Hudilainen (Russian: Александр Петрович Худилайнен, finnicized as Aleksanteri Petrovitš Hutilainen, born May 2, 1956) is a Russian politician. He was the third Head of the Republic of Karelia, a federal subject of Russia. He came into power after Andrey Nelidov left office in 2012. He resigned on February 15, 2017 and was succeeded by Artur Parfenchikov.
He is president of the sport federation of skiing and snowboarding of the Leningrad oblast.[1]
Hudilainen is of Ingrian Finnish heritage. He is fluent in Finnish.