Alexander Zhilkin
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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.Высокопоставленные наследники – 2
/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 United Russia ( rus, Единая Россия, Yedinaya Rossiya, (j)ɪˈdʲinəjə rɐˈsʲijə) is a Conservatism in Russia, Russian conservative List of political parties in Russia, political party. As the largest party in Russia, it hold ...
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

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Order For Merit to the Fatherland Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood * Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein the elements have the potential to be ranked a number of d ...
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
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zhilkin, Alexander 1959 births Living people Governors of Astrakhan Oblast United Russia politicians 21st-century Russian politicians Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia)