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Yegor Gaidar

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Former Prime Minister

Russia

Appointed Acting Prime Minister under President Boris Yeltsin (1992) and First Vice-Premier to Viktor Chernomyrdin (1993–1994), he advocated liberal economic reforms. He served as the First Vice-Premier of the Russian Government (1991), Minister of Economy (1991–1992) and Minister of Finance (1992). Director of the Institute for the Economy in Transition and Co-Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Union of Rightist Forces, he is the author of numerous books and papers.

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