Alexander Karlin

{{Short description|Russian politician (born 1951)}}

{{Family name hatnote|Bogdanovich|Karlin|lang=Eastern Slavic}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Alexander Karlin

| nationality = Russian

| image = Alexander Karlin 2018.jpg

| imagesize = 220

| office = Russian Federation Senator
from Altai Krai

| term_start = 17 September 2018

| term_end =

| predecessor = Mikhail Shchetinin

| successor =

| office2 = 5th Governor of Altai Krai

| term_start2 = 25 August 2005

| term_end2 = 30 May 2018

| predecessor2 = Mikhail Yevdokimov,
Mikhail Kozlov (acting)

| successor2 = Viktor Tomenko

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|10|29|df=y}}

| birth_place = Medvedka, Tyumentsevsky District, Altai Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

| profession = Lawyer

| spouse = Galina Carlin

| party = United Russia

| vicepresident =

| native_name_lang = ru

| native_name = {{nobold|Александр Карлин}}

| caption = Karlin in 2018

}}

Alexander Bogdanovich Karlin ({{langx|ru|Александр Богданович Карлин}}; born 29 October 1951) is a Russian politician. He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.{{cite act|type=Decree|index=1579|date=20 December 2004|legislature=President of Russia|title=О присвоении квалификационных разрядов федеральным государственным служащим Администрации Президента Российской Федерации|language=ru|url=http://pravo.gov.ru/proxy/ips/?searchres=&bpas=cd00000&a3=102000503&a3type=1&a3value=&a6=102000070&a6type=1&a6value=&a15=&a15type=1&a15value=&a7type=1&a7from=&a7to=&a7date=20.12.2004&a8=1579&a8type=1&a1=&a0=&a16=&a16type=1&a16value=&a17=&a17type=1&a17value=&a4=&a4type=1&a4value=&a23=&a23type=1&a23value=&textpres=&sort=7&x=74&y=16}}

He served as the Governor of Altai Krai from 2005 until 2018.{{cite news |url=http://tass.ru/info/5247788/amp |title=Биография губернатора Алтайского края Александра Карлина |publisher=TASS |date=2018-05-31}} He became Head of Altai Krai in 2005, replacing Mikhail Kozlov, who assumed the post of acting head after the death of Mikhail Yevdokimov. In December 2007, the administration changed the title of the position to the Governor of Altai Krai. In July 2014, he resigned from his post, but was immediately appointed as the acting governor and ran in the September 2014 elections. In the election, he took 73% of the vote, defeating Sergey Yurchenko, who managed on 11%.

On 13 August 2010 Alexander Karlin made a controversial decision to fire the mayor of Barnaul who was legitimately elected in 2008.

{{cite web|url=http://bankfax.ru/page.php?pg=70027|script-title=ru:Обращение губернатора Алтайского края Александра Карлина к жителям Барнаула: "Отстранен от занимаемой должности Владимир Колганов".|publisher=bankfax.ru|accessdate=2010-08-25|language=ru}}

On 30 May 2018 Karlin resigned as Governor with immediate effect.{{cite news |url=http://tass.ru/politika/5247752/amp |title=Губернатор Алтайского края Александр Карлин объявил об отставке |publisher=TASS |date=2018-05-30}}