Alexander Alexandrovich Zhilkin (russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Жи́лкин; born August 26, 1959) is a Russian politician who served as the
Governor
A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...
of
Astrakhan Oblast
Astrakhan Oblast (russian: Астраха́нская о́бласть, ''Astrakhanskaya oblast'', , ''Astrakhan oblysy'') is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast) located in southern Russia. Its administrative center ...
between 2004 and 2018.
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/ref> He became acting governor in August 2004, when governor Anatoly Guzhvin, who had been the leader of the oblast for over a decade, died. Zhilkin was elected governor as a candidate of the United Russia
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party in 2004, receiving 65% of the vote; an overall majority. He was the first deputy before he became the governor. On 26 October 2018, he resigned and was replaced by Sergey Morozov
Awards
* Order For Merit to the Fatherland
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4th (2008)
* Order of Honour (2003)
* Order of Friendship
The Order of Friendship (russian: Орден Дружбы, ') is a state decoration of the Russian Federation established by Boris Yeltsin by presidential decree 442 of 2 March 1994 to reward Russian and foreign nationals whose work, deeds a ...
(1998) Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 11 ноября 1998 года № 1350 «О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации»
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References
External links
* Official website of Alexander Zhilkin
Biography
* Official website of Astrakhan Oblast
Biography of Alexander Zhilkin
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1959 births
Living people
Governors of Astrakhan Oblast
United Russia politicians
21st-century Russian politicians
Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia)