| Personal data | |
|---|---|
| Surname | Markidan |
| Name | Galina |
| Patronym | Yuryevna |
| Birth year | 1958 |
| Birth month | 3 |
| Birth day | 18 |
| Birth place | Liepaja |
| Sex | F |
Markidan (née Shapiro) Galina Yuryevna (March 18, 1958, Liepaja) — mathematician, engineer.
Galina Markidan was born into a family of employees. In 1980, she graduated from the Riga Polytechnic Institute with a degree in applied mathematics. From 1979 to 1980, in parallel with her studies, she worked in Riga as an engineer and technician in the Special Design Bureau of Automatic Control Systems of the USSR Meat and Dairy Industry. From 1980 to 1984, she was a process engineer, process engineer-programmer, and mathematician at the Riga Experimental Plant of Technological Equipment.