Alexander FilipenkoAlexander Vasilyevich Filipenko is a Russian politician, the former governor of Khanty-Mansi [Autonomous Okrug].Early lifeFilipenko was born on 31 May 1950 in Karaganda, which was then part of the Kazakh [Soviet Socialist Republic|Kazakh SFSR]. Filipenko's father was named Vasily and his mother was Tatyana Romanovna.