Giorgi Gakharia is a Georgian politician who served as the 14th Prime Minister of Georgia from 8 September 2019 until his resignation on 18 February 2021.
Occupation
politician, political scientist, official
Position held
Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia, Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia, Vice Prime Minister of Georgia, Member of the Parliament of Georgia
Citizenship
Georgia
Born
March 19, 1975
Overview
Giorgi Gakharia (; born 19 March 1975) is a Georgian politician who served as the 14th Prime Minister of Georgia from 8 September 2019 until his resignation on 18 February 2021.
Education
In 1992–1994 Gakharia studied at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, faculty of History. In 1994–1999 he studied at Lomonosov Moscow State University. He is a Master of Political Science. In 2002–2004 he studied at Lomonosov Moscow State University's Higher Business School (Master of Business Management). In 2006–2009 he was an invited lecturer in Applied Biotechnology at Moscow State University.
Business activity
From May, 2004 to November, 2008 Gakharia took the position of the Director-General of SFK Group; from November, 2008 to February, 2013 he took the position of the Director of Germany GR & Business Development at the Lufthansa Service Holding AG. (LSG, Frankfurt am Main) in Eastern Europe, CIS countries and Russian Federation.
Early political life