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  Gaidar, Yegor
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NameYegor Gaidar
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Websitehttp://www.gaidar.org/
Born March 19, 1956
DiedDecember 16, 2009 (53 years)
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Dec 16, 2009 05:15pm
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Info(born March 19, 1956) is a Russian politician who served as acting Prime Minister briefly under President Boris Yeltsin in 1992 from June 15 to December 14. As the first post-Soviet prime minister, Gaidar advocated capitalist economic reform. Gaidar was the minister of economic development from 1991 until 1992, and minister of finance from February 1992 until April 1992. He was also the first deputy prime minister from 1991 until 1992 and again from September 1993 until January 1994. Later in 1994, after leaving the government, he became a founding member and chairman of the Democratic Choice party. In 2000, he became a founding member and co-chairman, along with his longtime political ally Anatoly Chubais of the Union of Right Forces. In 2001 the Democratic Choice Party merged into the Union of Right Forces.


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Dec 16, 2009 05:00pm Obituary Russia’s Market Reform Architect [ex-PM Yegor Gaidar] Dies   Article RMF 

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Importance? 9.00000 Average

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Daughter Maria Gaidar 1982-

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  05/19/2000 Union of Right Forces Leader Won 20.00% (+0.00%)
  06/12/1994 Russia's Choice Leader Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  09/17/1993 RUS Deputy Prime Minister Won 11.11% (+0.00%)
  11/14/1992 RUS Deputy Prime Minister Won 12.50% (+0.00%)
  06/15/1992 RUS Prime Minister (Acting) Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  05/29/1992 RUS Deputy Prime Minister Won 14.29% (+0.00%)
  05/19/1992 RUS Deputy Prime Minister Won 33.33% (+0.00%)
  04/13/1992 RUS Deputy Prime Minister Won 50.00% (+0.00%)
  03/30/1992 RUS Deputy Prime Minister Won 33.33% (+0.00%)
  02/19/1992 RUS Minister of Finance Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  12/17/1991 RUS Deputy Prime Minister Won 25.00% (+0.00%)
  11/14/1991 RUS Deputy Prime Minister Won 33.33% (+0.00%)
  11/05/1991 RUS Deputy Prime Minister Won 50.00% (+0.00%)
ENDORSEMENTS
Russian President - First Round - Jun 16, 1996 S Boris Yeltsin