Dimitri Gvindadze
| Dimitri Gvindadze დიმიტრი გვინდაძე | |
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| Minister of Finance of Georgia | |
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In office June 20, 2011 – August 13, 2012 | |
| President | Mikheil Saakashvili |
| Preceded by | Kakha Baindurashvili |
| Succeeded by | Alexander Khetaguri |
| Deputy Finance Minister | |
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In office July 2005 – June 20, 2011 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 23, 1973 Tbilisi, Georgia |
| Website | Government of Georgia |
Dimitri Gvindadze (Georgian: დიმიტრი გვინდაძე) (born December 23, 1973) is a Georgian economist and politician who has been the country's Minister of Finance from June 20, 2011, to August 13, 2012.[1][2]
Education and early career
Born in Tbilisi, then-Soviet Georgia, Gvindadze graduated from the Tbilisi State Technical University with a degree in civil engineering in 1995. He then studied at the Diplomatic Academy of Paris (1998), International Institute of Social Studies in The Hague (2001), and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University (2003–2005), and went through a Financial Programming and Policy course at the International Monetary Fund Institute (2007).[3]
From 1994 to 2003, Gvindadze served on various positions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia. In July 2005, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Finance. He was in charge of foreign debt, cooperation with the international financial institutions and bilateral donors. When nominating Gvindadze to the post of Minister of Finance, the Prime Minister of Georgia Nika Gilauri noted that owing to Gvindadze's successful work as a Deputy Minister it was made possible to issue USD 500 million eurobonds in April 2011 to refinance the previous one.[4]
Minister of Finance
Dimitri Gvindadze was appointed Minister of Finance on June 20, 2011, succeeding Kakha Baindurashvili.[4][2] On August 13, 2012, he was, in turn, replaced with Alexander Khetaguri, hitherto Minister for Energy.[1]
Personal life
Gvindadze is married to Maia Kvaliashvili and has two daughters. Besides his native Georgian, he speaks English, French, and Russian.[2]
References
- 1 2 New Energy, Finance Ministers Appointed. Civil Georgia. August 13, 2012.
- 1 2 3 Minister's Biography. Ministry of Finance of Georgia. Accessed June 21, 2011.
- ↑ Who is Dimitri Gvindadze?. OnlineNews.GE. June 17, 2011.
- 1 2 Finance Minister Replaced. Civil Georgia. June 17, 2011.