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Egor Timurovich Gaidar was born in 1956 into an intellectual family. He studied economics and earned a doctorate in economic sciences.
In 1985, he and Piotr Aven were tasked with proposing a program of economic reforms.

In November 1991, after being put in charge of economic reform by the prime minister, he was appointed Minister of Finance. The context was one of complete collapse of the Soviet economy: widespread shortages, depletion of foreign currency reserves, and a halt to international trade.
On June 15, 1992, Boris Yeltsin appointed him acting Prime Minister to lead reforms.

Yegor Gaidar abolished price controls and introduced free trade. He pursued a policy of economic liberalization. Numerous privatizations were carried out urgently. The oligarchs benefited from this, dissatisfying a large part of the population.

On December 15, 1992, he left office before being recalled in September 1993 during the political crisis that saw the rise of Boris Yeltsin. He served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy until his resignation in January.

Elected to parliament, he denounced the military intervention in Chechnya without breaking with Boris Yeltsin. He subsequently criticized Vladimir Putin's actions, but did not join the opposition. He wanted to see liberal change in both economic and political terms.

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- Historical Chronicles with Nikolay Svanidze, (kinoglaz.fr), 2026

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Egor GAIDAR (Егор Тимурович ГАЙДАР) 1956-2009