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'''Vladimer "Lado" Gurgenidze''' ({{lang-ka|ვლადიმერ (ლადო) გურგენიძე}}) (born [[December 17]], [[1970]]) is the [[Prime Minister of Georgia]]. He took office on [[22 November]] [[2007]] after being invited by the [[President of Georgia]] to succeed [[Zurab Noghaideli]] on [[16]] [[November]]. Prior to this |
'''Vladimer "Lado" Gurgenidze''' ({{lang-ka|ვლადიმერ (ლადო) გურგენიძე}}) (born [[December 17]], [[1970]]) is the [[Prime Minister of Georgia]]. He took office on [[22 November]] [[2007]] after being invited by the [[President of Georgia]] to succeed [[Zurab Noghaideli]], who resigned due to poor health conditions on [[16]] [[November]]. Prior to this Gurgenidze served as as the [[Chief Executive Officer]] of the [[Supervisory Board]] of [[Bank of Georgia]]. |
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===Early Life and Career=== |
===Early Life and Career=== |
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Vladimer "Lado" Gurgenidze ვლადიმერ (ლადო) გურგენიძე | |
|---|---|
| 17th Prime Minister of Georgia | |
| In office 22 November 2007 – Incumbent | |
| President | Mikheil Saakashvili |
| Preceded by | Zurab Noghaideli |
| Chief Executive Officer of the Bank of Georgia | |
| In office 15 September 2004 – 22 November 2007 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 December 1970 Tbilisi, Georgian SSR |
| Political party | None |
| Alma mater | Tbilisi State University Middlebury College Emory University-Goizueta Business School |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Business executive |
| Website | Government of Georgia[1] |
Vladimer "Lado" Gurgenidze (Georgian: ვლადიმერ (ლადო) გურგენიძე) (born December 17, 1970) is the Prime Minister of Georgia. He took office on 22 November 2007 after being invited by the President of Georgia to succeed Zurab Noghaideli, who resigned due to poor health conditions on 16 November. Prior to this Gurgenidze served as as the Chief Executive Officer of the Supervisory Board of Bank of Georgia.
Early Life and Career
Lado Gurgenidze was born in Tbilisi, Georgia. He holds dual citizenship of Georgia and of the United Kingdom. Gurgenidze graduated from the Tbilisi State University and Middlebury College as well as obtaining a MBA degree from the Goizueta Business School of Emory University. From 1997 to 1998, he served as the Director of ABN AMRO Corporate Finance in Russia and CIS. In 1998, he moved to London and served in various senior capacities at ABN AMRO Corporate Finance, including as a Managing Director and Head of Technology Corporate Finance (2001-2002) and as a Director and Head of Mergers and Acquisitions in the Emerging European Markets (1998-2000). In July 2003, he joined, as a Managing Director and Regional Manager Europe, Putnam Lovell NBF, a leading global boutique investment banking firm focusing on the financial services sector, wholly-owned by the National Bank of Canada.[1]
After the 2003 Rose Revolution in Georgia, he returned to Tbilisi and worked as a Chief Executive Officer for the Bank of Georgia (BOG) from 2004 to 2006. In May 2006, he was elected a Chairman of the BOG Supervisory Board. He helped the BOG make significant progress and become one of Georgia's leading banks. Gurgenidze received a great deal of publicity in 2006 when he hosted a reality television show The Candidate on Rustavi 2, a Georgian version of Donald Trump’s franchise The Apprentice.
He is reported to have always been on good terms with the authorities, particularly with President Saakashvili, and has even criticized the opposition during the November 2007 political crisis in the country.[2]
References
- ^ Saakashvili Reshuffles Minister of Cabinet. The Georgian Times. November 16, 2007.
- ^ BOG Chief as New PM, Media Suggest. Civil Georgia. November 16, 2007.
External links
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- Lado Gurgenidze: "London Can Do Without Me, Much Work in Georgian Banking" Interview with General Director of Bank of Georgia. 24 Hours. N202 (31) Thursday, February 24th, 2005.