Izet Rustemovych Hdanov (Ukrainian: Iзет Рустемович Гданов) (born 16 September 1983, in Fergana, Uzbek SSR), 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.