Magidenko Iosif Natanovich (30 December 1955, Riga) — economist.

Iosif Magidenko was born into the family of hairdresser Natan Iosifovich Magidenko (born 1930, Zvenyhorodka, Cherkasy Region, Ukraine) and seamstress Tsilya Aronovna Magidenko (née Beras) (born 1931, Riga). He graduated from Riga Secondary School No. 9 (1963–1973), studied at the Faculty of Construction of the Riga Polytechnic Institute (RPI) from 1973 to 1975, and served in the Soviet Army from 1975 to 1977 (Ussuriysk; Berezovsk-Vostochny settlement, Amur Region).

After demobilization, he worked in Riga as a senior technician at the Research and Production Association “Silava” (1977–1978), as a mechanic at the Mechanization Department of the Balttransstroy Trust (1978–1981), and as a senior economist at the Riga Garment Production Association “Rīgas Apģērbs” (1981–1983).

In his marriage to Margarita Efimovna Magidenko (née Slavina) (born 1955, Riga), a daughter was born: Elina Iosifovna Magidenko (born 1980,Jūrmala).

In 1983 Iosif Magidenko received permission to emigrate to Israel, where since 1981 his wife’s aunt (her mother’s sister), Svetlana Usherovna Naygauzen (née Belik) (according to other data, Basya-Sveta; born 1948, Jūrmala), had been living.

Family:

Natan Iosifovich Magidenko (born 1930) — father
Tsilya Aronovna Magidenko (née Beras) (born 1931) — mother
Ilya Natanovich Magidenko (born 1965, Riga) — brother
Margarita Efimovna Magidenko (née Slavina) (born 1955) — wife
Elina Iosifovna Magidenko (born 1980) — daughter
Svetlana Usherovna Naygauzen (née Belik; also Basya-Sveta) (born 1948) — wife’s aunt