Prime Minister of Georgia between July and October 2012
Vano Merabishvili
ვანო მერაბიშვილი
Merabishvili in 2012
9th Prime Minister of Georgia
In office 4 July 2012 – 25 October 2012
President
Mikheil Saakashvili
Preceded by
Nika Gilauri
Succeeded by
Bidzina Ivanishvili
Minister of Internal Affairs
In office 18 December 2004 – 4 July 2012
President
Mikheil Saakashvili
Preceded by
Irakli Okruashvili
Succeeded by
Bachana Akhalaia
Chairman of the United National Movement
In office July 2012 – 2012
Preceded by
Davit Bakradze
Succeeded by
Mikheil Saakashvili
Minister of State Security
In office 7 June 2004 – 18 December 2004
President
Mikheil Saakashvili
Preceded by
Zurab Adeishvili
Succeeded by
Office abolished
Secretary of the National Security Council
In office January 2004 – 7 June 2004
President
Mikheil Saakashvili
Preceded by
Tedo Japaridze
Succeeded by
Gela Bezhuashvili
Member of the Parliament of Georgia
In office 20 November 1999 – 22 April 2004
Personal details
Born
(1968-04-15) 15 April 1968 (age 56) Ude, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union (now Georgia)
Political party
Union of Citizens of Georgia (Before 2002) United National Movement (2002–present)
Spouse
Tako Salaqaia
Children
2
Alma mater
Georgian Technical University
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Ivane "Vano" Merabishvili (Georgian: ივანე "ვანო" მერაბიშვილი; born 15 April 1968) is a Georgian politician and 9th Prime Minister of Georgia from 4 July to 25 October 2012. A former NGO activist, he became directly involved in Georgia's politics in 1999 and emerged as one of the government's most influential members after the 2003 Rose Revolution, especially as Georgia's Minister of Internal Affairs (18 December 2004 – 4 July 2012).[1]
^International Crisis Group (ICG) (19 December 2007), Georgia: Sliding towards Authoritarianism? Europe Report N°189, p. 23. fn. 281
Ivane "Vano" Merabishvili (Georgian: ივანე "ვანო" მერაბიშვილი; born 15 April 1968) is a Georgian politician and 9th Prime Minister of Georgia from 4 July...
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invitation of the then-Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia, Ivane Merabishvili, Zguladze, then 27 years old, became First Deputy Minister of Internal...
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until after the rally. On 18 July 2005, Georgia's Interior Minister VanoMerabishvili issued photos of an unidentified suspect and announced a reward of...
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the 2011 protests. On February 27, 2014, former Interior Minister VanoMerabishvili was found guilty by the Tbilisi City Court of exceeding official powers...
Saakashvili demanded a complete overhaul of the prison system and commanded VanoMerabishvili to immediately enter all prisons with patrol police. "There must be...
leaked diplomatic cables, Bryza had warned Georgian Interior Minister VanoMerabishvili in May that war would be a bad option for Georgia. In August 2009...
incident, live on Rustavi-2 television, Georgia's Interior Minister VanoMerabishvili said there was no reason to suspect foul play.[full citation needed]...
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were reported. On the next day, August 30, Georgian Prime Minister VanoMerabishvili, who has established an anti-crisis headquarters and held a meeting...
Georgia, claimed he had evidence that then Georgia's Interior Minister VanoMerabishvili had ordered police to beat protesters, "mainly in the kidneys and...
militiamen declined an ultimatum sent by the Georgian Interior Minister VanoMerabishvili. On July 25, the government of Georgia dispatched a strong detachment...
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military and police officials and that Georgia's Interior Minister VanoMerabishvili had ordered police to beat protesters, "mainly in the kidneys and...
eventually became the Ministry of Internal Affairs under the powerful VanoMerabishvili. Holding the position from 2004 to 2005, she oversaw some of the most...
Ivanishvili would not debate prime minister VanoMerabishvili and would meet only Mikheil Saakashvili, saying: "I respect Vano, but [debates with him] will not work”...
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