Izet Hdanov
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Izet Hdanov | |
|---|---|
Iзет Гданов | |
 Hdanov in 2023 | |
| Presidential representative of Ukraine in Crimea | |
Acting | |
| In office 2 December 2018 – 25 June 2019 | |
| President | Petro Poroshenko |
| Preceded by | Borys Babin |
| Succeeded by | Anton Korynevych |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 September 1983 |
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]
In 2017 he was appointed as the first deputy presidential representative of Ukraine in Crimea. Following removal of Babin,[4] 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.[5]