Former President of Georgia
Mikheil Saakashvili

Place of birth

Tbilisi

Biography

Graduated from Kyiv University, Faculty of International Law in 1992; In 1993 he received a diploma from the International Institute of Human Rights in Strasbourg. Worked at the Norwegian Institute of Human Rights in Oslo, then at the Human Rights Committee of the Provisional State Council of Georgia, and then at the New York Law Firm "Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler"; He graduated from Columbia University School of Law in 1994 with a Master’s degree, and the following year attended lectures at George Washington University School of Law. He studied at the European Academy of Law in Florence and the Academy of International Law in The Hague; 2000-2001 he was the Minister of Justice of Georgia; 2002-2003 Chairman of Tbilisi City Council; On February 13, 2015, he was appointed Chairman of the International Advisory Board for Reforms in Ukraine.

United National Movement Party, Founder and Leader (2001-);

Parliament of the 4th convocation of Georgia, Member (1995-1999);

Committee on Constitutional and Legal Issues and Lawfulness of the Parliament of Georgia of the 4th convocation, Chairman (1995-1998);

Union of Citizens of Georgia parliamentary faction (4th convocation), Chairman (1998-1999);

Parliament of Georgia of the 5th convocation, Member (1999-2000);

Union of Citizens of Georgia, member (1995-);

President of Georgia (2004-2013)

Awards, prizes

2009 - Order of Honor of the Republic of Armenia;

2008 - Medal of Honor "10 years in Astana";

2006 - Honorary Doctor of the University of Haifa;

2005 - Man of the Year in Ukraine;

2005 - American Bar Association Award for Fighting for Law and Order;

2004 - Annual European of the Year Award from non-EU countries;

Gold Medal and Honorary Doctor of Yerevan State University

Prime Minister of Georgia
Irakli Gharibashvili
President of Georgia
Salome Zurabishvili
Former PM of Georgia; For Georgia chairman
Giorgi Gakharia
Mikheil Saakashvili: Georgia remains firmly one of the main topics of the world media - it was also during the Rose Revolution
Mikheil Saakashvili: The USA protected us from Russia's attack and saved Georgia in 2008 - now, when the strategic partnership was terminated, we remain defenseless against Russia
Statement by Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia
Tina Bokuchava: the resolution of the European Parliament talks about the need to hold re-elections, as well as a call for Saakashvili's pardon - it's time for the unity of all those actors who value the country's European future
The European Parliament approved an amendment to the text of the resolution, which calls on the President of Georgia to use her constitutional right and pardon Mikheil Saakashvili
The European Parliament will adopt a resolution on Georgia today
Tina Bokuchava: Tomorrow, the European Parliament will pass a resolution, which will be a kind of red line, after which it will be impossible to restore the relationship between "Georgian Dream" and the European Union
Mikheil Saakashvili on the nomination of Mikheil Kavelashvili as a presidential candidate: Georgia has entered the final stage of the destruction of statehood - the purpose of this is to lower the self-esteem of the Georgian people as much as possible
Tina Bokuchava: We call on the European Parliament to ensure that the mandate and composition of the investigative mission will be such as to reveal the extent of the fraud that changed the election results
Tina Bokuchava: This parliament will never have the legitimacy of the Georgian people and our friends! - In just a few hours I will go to Strasbourg to take your message there!
Mikheil Saakashvili: I want to tell those people who do not want to mention my name - if I were in the streets of Tbilisi with you today, the fight would have been much stronger, the dictator knows this and that's why I am in prison
Mikheil Saakashvili: People, let's stop playing "ballerin club", "don't climb on the sidewalk", "don't climb on the chair", we keep repeating "within the law", which law that no longer exists?! - It is necessary to be firm, to lie down!
Mikheil Saakashvili: Today's rally was expected to collapse, they brought out more police than necessary, only for the purpose of intimidation - the answer to this is more organization, more crowds!
Zviad Dzidziguri: entering the parliament will be political suicide - we will consider different scenarios
Mikheil Saakashvili: If we want to gain the support of the West and the support of the new USA cabinet, it is necessary to increase the scale of street rally
Irakli Kadagishvili on the visit of the European MPs: these are individuals unjustly involved in the domestic politics of the country, who came to Georgia to mourn their own defeat
Polish parliamentarian to the participants of the rally: whoever wants to steal your votes and freedom, we will repeat the words of the Ukrainian soldiers - this is our answer to Putin, we will win! Georgia will be in Europe!
Shalva Papuashvili refused to attend the meeting of the delegation of the chairmen of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 8 countries of the European Union
Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Georgia Meline Arakalian - to be frank, I think it will take a lot of time to rebuild the trust in the Georgian government