Maria Gaidar

Mariya Gaidar
Мария Гайдар
Gaydar in December 2008
Advisor to President of Ukraine
In office
28 March 2017  17 May 2019
PresidentPetro Poroshenko
Deputy of the Odesa Oblast of the council
In office
30 May 2015  11 June 2018
Vice-Governor of Odesa Oblast
In office
17 July 2015  10 May 2016
PresidentPetro Poroshenko
GovernorMikheil Saakashvili
Deputy governor of Kirov Oblast
In office
23 July 2009  8 June 2011
PresidentDmitry Medvedev
GovernorNikita Belykh
Personal details
Born
Maria Yegorovna Smirnova

(1982-10-21) 21 October 1982
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Parent(s)Yegor Gaidar (deceased)
Irina Smirnova
Alma materRussian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
Kutafin Moscow State Law University
Occupationpolitician

Maria Yegorovna Gaidar (Ukrainian: Марія Єгорівна Гайдар;Russian: Мария Егоровна Гайдар, 1990–2004 Smirnova (Russian: Смирно́ва); born 21 October 1982) is a Ukrainian politician.

Gaidar served as the Deputy Prime Minister of the Kirov region of Russia.

She founded the Social Assistance and Population Support Foundation, "Social Request".

She has served as Advisor to the Chairman of the Odesa regional state administration in social protection and health, the Deputy head of administration of Odesa region on social issues and Deputy of the Odesa regional council and external adviser to the President of Ukraine.