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
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of the
Republic of Karelia
The Republic of Karelia (russian: Респу́блика Каре́лия, Respublika Kareliya; ; krl, Karjalan tašavalta; ; fi, Karjalan tasavalta; vep, Karjalan Tazovaldkund, Ludic: ''Kard’alan tazavald''), also known as just Karelia (rus ...
, a
federal subject
The federal subjects of Russia, also referred to as the subjects of the Russian Federation (russian: субъекты Российской Федерации, subyekty Rossiyskoy Federatsii) or simply as the subjects of the federation (russian ...
of
Russia
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. He came into power after
Andrey Nelidov
Andrey, Andrej or Andrei (in Cyrillic script: Андрей, Андреј or Андрэй) is a form of Andreas/Ἀνδρέας in Slavic languages and Romanian. People with the name include:
*Andrei of Polotsk ( – 1399), Lithuanian nobleman
*An ...
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.
Hudilainen is of
Ingria
Ingria is a historical region in what is now northwestern European Russia. It lies along the southeastern shore of the Gulf of Finland, bordered by Lake Ladoga on the Karelian Isthmus in the north and by the River Narva on the border with Est ...
n Finnish heritage. He is fluent in Finnish.
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Karjalan tasavallan päämies Hudilainen Aleksandr
United Russia politicians
21st-century Russian politicians
People from Kashinsky District
1956 births
Living people
People of Ingrian Finnish descent
Heads of the Republic of Karelia
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