Former PM of Georgia
Bidzina Ivanishvili

Biography, according to Government Administration

"Was born on February 18, 1956, in the Village of Chorvila, Sachkhere Region.

In 1973, he finished a secondary school of the Village of Sairkhe, Sachkhere Region, and continued his studies at Tbilisi State University, Engineering-Economic Faculty. In parallel of his studies, he worked at Kamo mechanical-casting factory in the positions of cleaner and worker.

In 1980, he graduated from Tbilisi State University with honours. In the same year, he was appointed in the position of Engineer in Chief, and later, Head of scientific laboratory, at Kamo mechanical-casting factory.

In 1982 - 1986, he took his postgraduate course at Moscow Institute of Social Problems, where he defended his master's thesis. In 1988, he founded Agroprogres Cooperative with his friends, which was later turned into an entrepreneurial company.

In 1990, he founded Russian Credit Bank.

In 1991, he became the Chairman of the Board of Directors and the President of Russian Credit Bank.

He is a founder and the owner of Unicor Financial- Entrepreneurial Group.

In 1996, he founded Cartu Bank.

In 2011, He founded Georgian Dream Social Movement.

In 2012, he founded Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia Political Party.

In 2012- 17 November 2013, The Prime Minister of Georgia.

He has a wife and four children."

Former PM of Georgia; For Georgia chairman
Giorgi Gakharia
Special Representative of the Prime Minister for Relations with Russia
Zurab Abashidze
Public Defender of Georgia
Nino Lomjaria
National Movement - The case against Giorgi Baramidze is slanderous and absurd, serving the political goals of the Ivanishvili regime and the tasks of Russian propaganda - this fabricated case is proof of the Russian nature of this regime
Levan Khabeishvili - I would like to ask you to be careful with our big family, the National Movement - everyone should refrain from publicly insulting our family, everyone should show patience, be reasonable and not harm our team
Vakho Sanaia - No matter how many times they put us in prison, no matter how many fines they impose on us, our fight will continue - I will remind everyone of our slogan: To the end, until victory!
Nika Gvaramia - Irakli Kobakhidze's letter is both a manifesto of stupidity and betrayal of the country's interests, of course, not the first, but exceptionally bad and strangely inappropriate
Kakha Kaladze on Viktor Kipiani - Why he was expelled, the public knows, this person is a good example of how they serve the "deep state" - representatives of other countries cannot do politics here, get used to it, all this is left in the past
Levan Khabeishvili - There has never been such a weak "government" in Georgia - Mdinaradze has failed in mafia affairs, the situation with Kobakhidze is much more sad - we should not look at it, but mobilize and become active
Tina Bokuchava - If there is any threat to the United National Movement, it is cheap manipulations, which, it seems, were resorted to by the few specific individuals who were responsible for convening the July 30 meeting
Petre Tsiskarishvili - No one will give the Georgian Dream any excuse or reason to harm us and not register the party - it is very sad that Tina Bokuchava has chosen this path of fighting her own party
Tina Bokuchava: The meeting of the Political Council of the “National Movement” was not authorized, because the Political Council consists of 130 people, while about 40 people attended the meeting - manipulating the quorum very much resembles those “Kotsi” methods with which Ivanishvili has been operating
Tornike Toshkhua detained in front of Tbilisi City Assembly
Giorgi Butikashvili: Mikheil Saakashvili's behavior is unfortunate - no single political party can defeat Bidzina Ivanishvili's regime on its own, and he knows that very well; he simply cannot come to terms with the fact that he is just one of the opposition's leaders - not the only one
Tsotne Koberidze: There are two ways to remove someone from office in Georgian politics: either you have them submit a resignation citing poor health, or - if they're part of the elite - you create their own ministry; the fact is that Bidzina Ivanishvili has become even more directly involved in politics than he was before
Giorgi Chanturia: We are watching the operation to remove Mamuka Mdinaradze; as for the creation of the “scrolling-screening agency” and then the “beating-and-thrashing agency,” the goal is to suppress dissenting opinion
Irakli Pavlenishvili on the changes in the government: It is impossible for it to be normal that every two months they create new ministries for a person - this points to the crisis that exists within Ivanishvili’s regime
Nugzar Tsiklauri: With Mdinaradze’s “removal,” Kobakhidze’s authority over the power bloc has been nullified; it is clear that Ivanishvili’s trust in General Mdinaradze has decreased, while Tina Rukhadze was dismissed - two weeks ago she was talking about “long-term plans”
Irakli Kupradze: As is often the case in Georgian reality, when they can’t find a place for something at home, they send it to the village - that’s how they sent Mdinaradze to the village, for whom they couldn’t find a purpose; when they don’t know how to run the state, they should step away from governing
Gia Japaridze - Don't be fooled, it is not a victory of Georgian diplomacy, where is Georgian diplomacy? - Nauru's termination of "diplomatic relations" with Abkhazia and Tskhinvali is the merit of American and European diplomacy
Irakli Kupradze - The population was promised a 6 billion investment and nothing is visible yet - Arab investments, in reality, do not exist, that is why the Georgian Dream kept the agreement secret to hide how it robbed your wealth
Touring Georgia with young Georgians as Partners