Yegor Gaidar
| Yegor Gaidar | |
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| Егор Тимурович Гайдар | |
Gaidar in 2008.
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| Prime Minister of Russia | |
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In office 15 June 1992 – 15 December 1992 Acting |
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| President | Boris Yeltsin |
| Preceded by | Boris Yeltsin |
| Succeeded by | Viktor Chernomyrdin |
| First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia | |
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In office 18 September 1993 – 20 January 1994 Serving with Vladimir Shumeyko Oleg Soskovets Boris Fyodorov |
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| President | Boris Yeltsin |
| Prime Minister | Viktor Chernomyrdin |
| Preceded by | Vladimir Shumeyko |
| Succeeded by | Oleg Lobov |
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In office 2 March 1992 – 15 December 1992 |
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| Prime Minister |
Boris Yeltsin Himself as Acting Prime minister |
| Preceded by | Gennady Burbulis |
| Succeeded by | Vladimir Shumeyko |
| 1st Minister of Economy and Finance of the RSFSR | |
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In office 11 November 1991 – 19 February 1992 |
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| President | Boris Yeltsin |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| 1st Minister of Finance of Russia | |
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In office 19 February 1992 – 2 April 1992 |
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| President | Boris Yeltsin |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Vasily Barchuk |
| Chairman of Democratic Choice of Russia | |
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In office 1994–2001 |
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| Personal details | |
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Yegor Timurovich Gaidar 19 March 1956 Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 16 December 2009 (aged 53) Odintsovo raion, Moscow Oblast, Russia |
| Political party | Union of Rightist Forces (2001—2008) |
| Other political affiliations |
Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1980—1991) Democratic Choice of Russia (1994—2001) |
| Spouse(s) | Irina Smirnova (div.) Maria Strugatskaya |
| Children | Peter Gadair Maria Paul Gadair |
| Alma mater | Lomonosov Moscow State University |
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Yegor Timurovich Gaidar (Russian: Его́р Тиму́рович Гайда́р; pronounced [jɪˈɡor tʲɪˈmurəvʲɪtɕ ɡɐjˈdar]; 19 March 1956 – 16 December 2009) was a Soviet and Russian economist, politician, and author, and was the Acting Prime Minister of Russia from 15 June 1992 to 14 December 1992.
He was the architect of the controversial shock therapy reforms administered in Russia after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, which brought him both praise and harsh criticism. He participated in the preparation of the Bialowieza agreements. Many Russians held him responsible for the economic hardships that plagued the country in the 1990s that resulted in mass poverty and hyperinflation among other things, although liberals praised him as a man who did what had to be done to save the country from complete collapse.Jeffrey Sachs, director of Columbia University's Earth Institute, who advised the Russian government in the early 1990s, called Gaidar "the intellectual leader of many of Russia's political and economic reforms" and "one of the few pivotal actors" of the period.
Gaidar died of pulmonary edema, provoked by myocardial ischemia on 16 December 2009.
Gaidar was born in 1956 in Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union, the son of Ariadna Bazhova and Pravda military correspondent Timur Gaidar, who fought in the Bay of Pigs Invasion and was a friend of Raúl Castro. His paternal grandfather was Soviet writer Arkady Gaidar and his maternal grandfather was writer Pavel Bazhov. Gaidar married the daughter of writer Arkady Strugatsky during his time at the university. His daughter, Maria Gaidar, was one of the leaders of the Russian democratic opposition. From July 2009 till June 2011 she was Deputy Chair of the Government of Kirov oblast. Since July 2015 she is a vice-governor of Odessa Oblast in Ukraine.
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