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ambitious governor soon won the reputation of an effective manager by dramatically improving the economic situation in the region.In 2002, Alexander Khloponin was named Person of the Year by Expert magazine, a Russian business weekly.
In 2004, he was among those who advocated the merger of Krasnoyarsk Territory with the Evenki and Taimyr Autonomous districts. On April 17, 2005, the majority of the population in Krasnoyarsk Territory itself as well as the autonomous areas voted in favor of the merger in a referendum.
In 2007, then President Vladimir Putin, who had made regional governors Kremlin-appointed officials, reconfirmed Khloponin in his post.
Khloponin is a member of the Presidential Council on the implementation of the national priority projects and demographic policy, the Presidential Council on developing local self-government, the Government Commission on the assessment of the performance of the federal and regional state agencies,
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