Giorgi Kvirikashvili

Giorgi Kvirikashvili (Georgian: გიორგი კვირიკაშვილი; born 20 July 1967) is a Georgian politician who was Prime Minister of Georgia from 30 December 2015 to 13 June 2018. Prior to that he was Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development from 25 October 2012 until 1 September 2015, Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1 September 2015 until 30 December 2015, and Deputy Prime Minister from 26 July 2013 until 30 December 2015. Kvirikashvili has led initiatives to advance Euro-Atlantic and European integration and highlight Georgia as an attractive location for foreign investment.[1] On 20 June 2018, Mamuka Bakhtadze, who previously served as Kvirikashvili's Minister of Finance,[2] was approved by the Georgian Parliament to succeed Kvirikashvili in a 99-6 vote.[3]

Giorgi Kvirikashvili
გიორგი კვირიკაშვილი
12th Prime Minister of Georgia
In office
30 December 2015 – 13 June 2018
PresidentGiorgi Margvelashvili
Preceded byIrakli Garibashvili
Succeeded byMamuka Bakhtadze
Chairman of Georgian Dream
In office
30 December 2015 – 26 April 2018
Preceded byIrakli Gharibashvili
Succeeded byBidzina Ivanishvili
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
1 September 2015 – 30 December 2015
Prime MinisterIrakli Garibashvili
Preceded byTamar Beruchashvili
Succeeded byMikheil Janelidze
First Deputy Prime Minister of Georgia
In office
26 July 2013 – 30 December 2015
Prime MinisterBidzina Ivanishvili
Irakli Gharibashvili
Preceded byGiorgi Margvelashvili
Succeeded byKakha Kaladze
Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development
In office
25 October 2012 – 1 September 2015
Prime MinisterBidzina Ivanishvili
Irakli Garibashvili
Preceded byVera Kobalia
Succeeded byDimitri Kumsishvili
Member of the Parliament of Georgia
In office
20 November 1999 – 22 April 2004
Personal details
Born (1967-07-20) 20 July 1967
Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, USSR
(now Georgia)
Political partyGeorgian Dream (2012-June 2018)
New Rights Party (2000-2004)
Union of Citizens of Georgia (1999-2000)
Alma materTbilisi State Medical University
Tbilisi State University
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Signature

Education

Born in Tbilisi, Kvirikashvili went through the compulsory military service in the Soviet army from 1986 to 1988. He graduated from the Tbilisi State Medical University with a degree in Internal Medicine in 1991 and then from the Tbilisi State University with a degree in Economics in 1995. In 1998, he obtained a master's degree in finances from the University of Illinois.[4]

Career
Kvirikashvili meeting with Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev

Kvirikashvili worked as an executive for various banks in Georgia from 1993 to 1999 and as a deputy head of fiscal and monetary office at the State Chancellery of the President of Georgia in 1999. From 1999 to 2004, he was member of the Parliament of Georgia on the ticket of Union of Citizens of Georgia party.[5] After the Rose Revolution swept Mikheil Saakashvili to the presidency of Georgia, Kvirikashvili returned to his businesses. From 2006 to 2011, he was Director General of Cartu Bank, owned by the multi-billionaire tycoon Bidzina Ivanishvili. With Ivanishvili's coming in politics and the victory of his Georgian Dream coalition over Saakashvili's United National Movement in the October 2012 parliamentary election, Kvirikashvili was appointed Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia in the cabinet of Bidzina Ivanishvili in October 2012. He additionally assumed the office of Vice Prime Minister in July 2013. He retained both these positions in the succeeding cabinet of Irakli Garibashvili, Ivanishvili's choice as his successor, in November 2013.[4][6]

In December 2015, Kviriashvili was nominated by the Georgian Dream coalition as new Prime Minister after Irakli Garibashvili announced his resignation. Kvirikashvili and his incoming cabinet won the confidence vote in the Parliament with 86 votes to 28 on December 30, 2015.[7] Kvirikashvili's government was focused on growing the economy and promoting entrepreneurship.[8] One of the major reforms under his premiership was the so-called Estonian Tax model, which taxes a company's pay-out dividends but not its profits, in 2018.[9] Kvirikashvili has said that he would like to make Georgian–American relations "a backbone of regional stability, economic development, and democratization."[10]

References
  1. "University alumnus elected Georgian Prime Minister". Daily Illini. Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  2. PM nominates Mamuka Bakhtadze as the Minister of Finance
  3. https://www.dailysabah.com/europe/2018/06/20/georgia-approves-former-finance-minister-bakhtadze-as-new-premier
  4. George Kvirikashvili Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine. Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia. Retrieved November 30, 2013.
  5. Ivanishvili's Incoming Cabinet Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. Civil Georgia. October 16, 2012.
  6. New PM Wins Confidence Vote Archived 2015-03-21 at the Wayback Machine. Civil Georgia. November 20, 2013.
  7. "Kvirikashvili Confirmed as New Prime Minister". Civil Georgia. 30 December 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  8. Sen, Ashish. "Keeping Georgia's NATO Dream Alive". Atlantic Council. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  9. "Parliament approves new Tax Code Georgia welcomes Estonian Taxation Model". Agenda.ge. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
  10. "Keeping Georgia's NATO Dream Alive". Atlantic Council. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
Political offices
Preceded by
Vera Kobalia		 Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development
2012–2015		 Succeeded by
Dimitri Kumsishvili
Preceded by
Tamar Beruchashvili		 Minister of Foreign Affairs
2015		 Succeeded by
Mikheil Janelidze
Preceded by
Irakli Garibashvili		 Prime Minister of Georgia
2015–2018		 Succeeded by
Mamuka Bakhtadze
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