Izet Hdanov

Izet Rustemovych Hdanov (Ukrainian: Iзет Рустемович Гданов; born 16 September 1983) is a Ukrainian politician and activist 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. In 2009–2011 he served as a deputy minister in the Crimean Government. In 2012 Hdanov suffered an assassination attempt when two unknown younger people hit him on the head with a hammer.

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

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.

In 2017 he was appointed as the first deputy presidential representative of Ukraine in Crimea. Following removal of Babin, 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.