Alexander Alexandrovich Zhilkin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Жи́лкин; born August 26, 1959) is a Russian politician who served as the Governor of Astrakhan Oblast between 2004 and 2018.

[1][2] He became acting governor in August 2004, when governor Anatoly Guzhvin died.

Zhilkin was elected governor as a candidate of the United Russia party in 2004, receiving 65% of the vote.

He was the first deputy before he became the governor.

[3] On 26 October 2018, he resigned and was replaced by Sergey Morozov.