Grigol Mgaloblishvili

Grigol Mgaloblishvili

Grigol Mgaloblishvili ( Georgian გრიგოლ მგალობლიშვილი ; born October 7, 1973 in Tbilisi ) is a Georgian diplomat and politician . From November 1, 2008 to February 6, 2009 he was Prime Minister of Georgia.

Life

From 1990 to 1995 he studied Oriental Studies at the State University of Tbilisi . In 1992 and 1993 he moved to Istanbul University , where he studied Turkish. In 2002 and 2003 he completed a postgraduate course in diplomatic studies at Oxford University .

In 1995 and 1996 he worked as a translator for the Ankara Trade Mission . From 1996 to 1998 he moved to the Georgian Foreign Ministry, where he first worked as an attaché, then as second and finally as first secretary in the Western Europe department. In 1998 he went to the Georgian embassy in Ankara again. In 2003 he returned to Tbilisi, where he became Deputy Head of the Department for North and South America. In 2004 he became head of the European department and then went to Turkey as ambassador. On November 1st, the Georgian parliament elected him prime minister on the proposal of President Mikheil Saakashvili.

On January 30, 2009, Mgaloblishvili asked the President to be released for health reasons. He had been suffering from kidney disease for a long time, which he had treated in Germany, among others. A few weeks earlier there had already been press reports that Saakashvili had rejected a resignation from the prime minister and that there had been physical clashes between the two. Mgaloblishvili proposed the previous finance minister and deputy prime minister Nika Gilauri as his successor .

Mgaloblishvili is married and has two children. In addition to Georgian, he speaks English, Turkish, Russian and German.

Web links

• Civil Georgia: Official resume Mgaloblischwilis (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Civil Georgia: Grigol Mgaloblishvili's Biography , Oct. 27, 2008
2. ^ Civil Georgia: Cabinet Wins Confidence Vote , Nov. 1, 2008
3. ↑ NEWSru.com : Премьер-министр Грузии, которого ударил Саакашвили, просит об отставке по состоянию здорор