Giorgi Ugulava

Giorgi ( Gigi ) Ugulava (Georgian გიორგი ( გიგი ) უგულავა; born August 15, 1975 in Tbilisi ) is a Georgian politician ( National Movement - Democrats ). The humanists had since January 2004, Deputy Minister of Justice, then deputy security minister and head of the Presidential Administration. Since 12 July 2005, he is the mayor of Tbilisi.

Life

Human rights activists and opposition

He comes from a family Mingrelian, laid in 1992, the Abitur. He studied for two years at a theological seminary in Tiflis, then to 1997 Philosophy at the University of Saarland. In 1998 he completed his studies at the Tbilisi State University.

In 1997 and 1998 he worked as a journalist for Iberia TV, 1999 for the Internews Foundation and Transparency International. In 2000, he became advisor to the Eurasia Foundation. In 2002 he took part in the John Smith Fellowship Program, he made a six -week internship in the UK on the subject of the Mass Media.

2001 to 2003 he was Director of the World Bank project Association of Legal and Public Education ( ALPED ). As of February 2003, he was a leader of the opposition student organization Kmara! (Eng. Enough! ), which contributed to the success of the Rose Revolution in Georgia.

Ministry officials

On a proposal by the Acting President Nino Burjanadze he was in the end of November 2003 First Deputy Minister of Justice of Georgia, in February 2004, then deputy under President Mikheil Saakashvili Security Minister, where he distinguished himself in the spring in the replacement of Aslan Abashidze adjarian ruler. Negotiations with the South Ossetian President Eduard Kokoity on an official task were not successful. In October 2004, the president appointed him governor of the western Georgian region of Samegrelo - Zemo Svaneti, where he was going sharply against smugglers.

In April 2005, he became chief of the Georgian presidential administration and chairman of a controversial selection committee for the appointment of the Central Election Commission of Georgia. It has named Gia Kavtaradze, a former business partner of Prime Minister Zurab Nogaideli, as candidates for the head of the election authority. Both were from 2002 to 2003 a partner in a legal and financial consulting firm.

Mayor

Ugulava are located close to the people, continues with the subway to work. Already in the first few weeks after taking office he made through drastic measures for controversy. He reduced the number of minibus lines in the center of Tbilisi and announced its intention to convert the former Pioneer Palace to reside at the prestigious ballet company Nino Ananiaschwilis. In January 2006, he turned the Russian embassy from the gas tap, because he held her responsible for the temporary suspension of gas supplies to Georgia.

By 2007 Ugulava wants to repair all downtown streets in Tbilisi. In the urban water and the gas stations and the subway, a new management is used, public parking are maintained by private operators. The buses in public transport he prescribed a roadmap for " German precision ". The earthquake damage in the old town are resolved through a special program of urban development are boosted by investment-friendly environment.

Ugulava was for a long time and no party has recently been the President's party, the National Movement - Democrats connected. He is one next to the deputies Giga Bokeria one of the spokesmen of the young wing of the party. According to an analysis by the International Crisis Group (ICG ), he is one of the most influential people in the inner circle of the Georgian president.

The Tiflisser City Council (Georgian Sakrebulo ) confirmed him on 12 October 2006 with all 34 votes cast in his office. The opposition had boycotted the election. In the direct election of the Tbilisi mayor on March 30, 2010, he was confirmed by a strong campaign with 55 percent of the vote in office.

Ugulava speaks Georgian also English, German and Russian.

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