Izet Hdanov

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Rustemovych and the family name is Hdanov.

Izet Hdanov
Iзет Гданов
Hdanov in 2023
Presidential representative of Ukraine in Crimea
Acting
In office
2 December 2018 – 25 June 2019
PresidentPetro Poroshenko
Preceded byBorys Babin
Succeeded byAnton Korynevych
Personal details
Born (1983-09-16) 16 September 1983 (age 41)
Fergana, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union (now Uzbekistan)

Izet Rustemovych Hdanov (Ukrainian: Iзет Рустемович Гданов; born 16 September 1983) is a Ukrainian politician and activist[1] of Crimean Tatar ethnicity born to deported Crimean Tatars in the Soviet Uzbekistan.

In 2006 Hdanov graduated from the National Academy of the State Tax Service of Ukraine.[2] In 2009–2011 he served as a deputy minister in the Crimean Government.[2] In 2012 Hdanov suffered an assassination attempt when two unknown younger people hit him on the head with a hammer.[2]

In 2015, Hdanov was among the leaders of an energy blockade with the Russian occupied Crimea.[3]

As a leader of the "Community council in Crimean affairs" and a representative of Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People was very critical about former presidential representative of Ukraine in Crimea Natalia Popovych.[4]

In 2017 he was appointed as the first deputy presidential representative of Ukraine in Crimea. Following removal of Babin,[5] Hdanov ex officio acts as presidential representative of Ukraine in Crimea.

On 8 April 2022, the Kyiv District Court of Simferopol sentenced Hdanov to 8 years in a strict regime colony for "participation in the activities of an illegal armed group operating on the territory of a foreign state for purposes contrary to the interests of the Russian Federation", accusing him of involvement in the Noman Çelebicihan Battalion.[6]

References

  1. ^ Sumchenko, F. Izet Hdanov takes a lead (Изет Гданов выходит в лидеры). Monitor Yug. 10 October 2017
  2. ^ a b c In Crimea amidst a day was beaten a former deputy minister (В Крыму среди бела дня жестоко избили бывшего замминистра). Serhiy Kunitsyn press-service (by Segodnya). 13 August 2012
  3. ^ The blockade participants are claiming about disconnecting power supply to Crimea along the line Melitopol – Dzhankoy (Учасники блокади заявляють про відключення поставок електроенергії до Криму по лінії Мелітополь – Джанкой). Radio Liberty. 11 October 2015
  4. ^ Coworker of the office of Presidential representative of Ukraine in Crimea conducts himself inadequately (Сотрудник Представительства Президента в Крыму ведет себя неадекватно) Archived 8 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Antikor.
  5. ^ Ukase of the President of Ukraine No.405/2018. About firing of B.Babin from the post of Permanent representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (Про звільнення Б.Бабіна з посади Постійного Представника Президента України в Автономній Республіці Крим). President of Ukraine. 2 December 2018
  6. ^ "Кого Росія внесла до чорного списку санкцій: всі імена - новости Украины, Політика - LIGA.net". 30 September 2020. Archived from the original on 30 September 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2023.