Freidina Margarita Lvovna (1 May 1948, Riga) - economist.

Margarita Freidina was the daughter of Lev Freidin (1914, Mstsislaw) and Stisya Freidina (née Etina) (1921, Gomel).

In 1969 she graduated from the economics department of the Riga Industrial Polytechnic School. From 1969 to 1971 she worked as a trainee technician at the “Erglis” factory. In 1971–1972 she was employed as a technician at the information and computing center of the “Avrora” hosiery factory.

In 1972 she worked as a senior technician in the laboratory of economic analysis and material standards at the Central Design and Technology Bureau of the Ministry of Light Industry. From 1972 to 1973 she was an economist in the financial department of the Ministry of Light Industry of the Latvian SSR. From 1973 she worked as a senior economist in departments of the Ministry of Municipal Services of the Latvian SSR.

In 1979 Margarita Freidina received permission to emigrate to Israel at the invitation of her father’s cousin, Vera Dimanstein (née Gotgelf, née Etina) (1927, Ludza). In the late 1980s she lived in Ashdod and worked as an economist at a pharmaceutical factory.

Family:

Lev Freidin (1914, Mstsislaw) — father
Stisya Freidina (née Etina) (1921, Gomel) — mother
Yakov Freidin (1950, Riga) — brother
Vera Dimanstein (née Gotgelf, née Etina) (1927, Ludza) — aunt