Maria Gaidar
| Maria Gaidar Мария Гайдар |
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Maria Gaidar, Moscow, 18 October 2014
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| Odessa Oblast council member | |
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Assumed office 25 October 2015 |
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| Vice-Governor of Odessa Oblast | |
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In office 17 July 2015 – 10 May 2016 |
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| President | Petro Poroshenko |
| Governor | Mikheil Saakashvili |
| Deputy governor of Kirov Oblast | |
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In office 23 July 2009 – 8 June 2011 |
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| President | Dmitry Medvedev |
| Governor | Nikita Belykh |
| Personal details | |
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Maria Yegorovna Smirnova 21 October 1982 Moscow, Russia |
| Parents |
Yegor Gaidar (deceased) Irina Smirnova |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Website | www.mariagaidar.ru |
Maria Yegorovna Gaidar (Russian: Мари́я Его́ровна Гайда́р; 1990–2004 Smirnova (Russian: Смирно́ва); born 21 October 1982, Moscow) is a former Russian political activist who is since the summer of 2015 an Ukrainian politician.
In Russia she is the founder of the Youth movement "DA!" ("Yes!"). From 2009 till 2011 Gaidar was a deputy governor in Kirov Oblast in Russia. From 17 July 2015 till 10 May 2016 she was a vice-governor of Odessa Oblast in Ukraine. In the October 2015 Odessa regional election Gaidar was elected into the Odessa Oblast parliament. On 4 August 2015 Gaidar received Ukrainian citizenship.
Maria Gaidar is the daughter of former Russian Prime Minister, Yegor Gaidar. She is a granddaughter of Soviet admiral Timur Gaidar, and a great-granddaughter of famous Soviet writers Arkady Gaidar and Pavel Bazhov. Maria's parents divorced in 1985, three years after she was born. Gaidar stayed with her mother, Irina Smirnova. In 1991 the family moved to Cochabamba, Bolivia, where they lived for five years. In 1996 she returned to Moscow.
In 2000 she entered and in 2005 graduated summa cum laude from the Academy of National Economy under the Government of the Russian Federation.
Gaidar is fluent in English, German, Spanish and her native Russian. In 2011, she was admitted to Harvard University for a Mid-Career Masters in Public Administration, where she studied for 8 months. In 2014 she graduated from Kutafin Moscow State Law University.
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