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

Minister of Justice of Georgia
Rati Bregadze
Speaker of Parliament of Georgia
Shalva Papuashvili
Public Defender of Georgia
Nino Lomjaria
Shalva Papuashvili: EU membership holds no value for Georgia without Abkhazia and the Tskhinvali region—everyone needs to remember this and stop testing the waters
Shalva Papuashvili: Armaz Akhvlediani’s political project is being funded to brainwash people - when you fund a political project led by a radical politician, it constitutes political funding and it must be determined whether approval was obtained
Akaki Bobokhidze: The opposition has not done even a tenth of what is needed to exert real pressure on the government - what is happening in society is not fatigue but rather disappointment and a lack of expectations - this is caused by the opposition’s lack of preparedness
Shalva Papuashvili: Europe views Ukraine as its own line of defense - they do not have to fight themselves, and German, French and Lithuanian blood is not being shed - this shows how cold-blooded international politics is
Mikheil Saakashvili: Tying Georgia entirely to Russian tourists is an act of sabotage by the “Georgian Dream,” and the fact that they blame me for this is the result of deliberate harmful actions - my policy was based on bringing Russian tourists into Georgia in limited numbers and under strict control
Irakli Rukhadze on the November 7 case: In fact, this is what killed Badri; I saw him before his death; he was in deep depression, walking in the forest, not talking to his family; I know that Patarkatsishvili gave Targamadze a recording to air, but "Targamadze is not airing it"
Mikheil Saakashvili: This is not the time for settling scores; let’s get rid of these people first, and then maybe I’ll part ways with you and you can go to hell - as for the November 7 case, in the meantime I had a son who started school, I had a grandchild, and your hair has fallen out too
Tina Bokuchava: Arresting Giorgi Baramidze on charges of treason is an act of extreme cynicism by a regime that accustoms us to a daily chronicle of betrayal
Ana Tsitslidze: Gvaramia told me, “I will push Misha aside and in 2028 Bidzina will hand over power to me”; I thought he had gone mad - it turns out we were not of his weight; if I had robbed Saakashvili, I would have had more weight - I can bury him politically so that he can never raise his head again
Teimuraz Papaskiri: We already know on whose orders the dishonorable Iago Khvichia brought the notorious “40 million”; he spread an absolute lie and people in the opposition followed it - we have a problem with thinking and with conscience as well!
Irakli Cheishvili: No one is persecuting Irakli Gharibashvili, nor Mikheil Saakashvili - the fact is that he has been misled; there is no stabbing in the back from our side; he himself cooperated with the investigation and admitted guilt
Lasha Parulava: Ivanishvili’s oligarchic regime is planning to impose yet another new tax on the people: mandatory insurance for vehicle owners! We demand that this process be halted
Mikheil Saakashvili - Gharibashvili is hysterically afraid of being poisoned, afraid of going for a walk, because it is easy to suddenly found himself hung, he does not take the drugs given in prison - even Gharibashvili cannot be treated like this
Mikheil Saakashvili: I was poisoned in prison during Garibashvili’s time as prime minister - apparently, the Russians didn’t have time to supply the "Novichok", so the people here used the most common method of poisoning, in the form of heavy metals
The Penitentiary Service has issued a statement regarding information released by Mikheil Saakashvili concerning Irakli Nadiradze and the inmates placed in his cell
Mikheil Saakashvili: Georgia is in immediate mortal danger, and at this time a large part of the opposition is asleep and occupied with its favourite activity - fighting against me
Nika Gvaramia: Two parties have emerged - the traitorous “Kotsis” who are handing over Abkhazia, and the irresponsible populist “Natsis” who preach war rhetoric; while I say - we will become members of the European Union, Georgia will be united, there will be no war
Irakli Pavlenishvili: It is very unfortunate that instead of fighting Ivanishvili, people continue fighting Saakashvili; they think that by bringing Saakashvili down, they will become the main opposition figures
Touring Georgia with young Georgians as Partners