Mikheil Saakashvili, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Mikheil Saakashvili

Georgian-Ukrainian politician, President of Georgia and Governor of Odessa

Date of Birth: 21-Dec-1967

Place of Birth: Tbilisi, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, Georgia

Profession: lawyer, politician, jurist, television presenter

Nationality: Ukraine, Georgia

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

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About Mikheil Saakashvili

  • Mikheil Saakashvili (Georgian: ?????? ??????????, romanized: Mikheil Saak’ashvili, IPA: [mi'??il 's??k'??vili]; Ukrainian: ?????? ??????????, romanized: Mikheil Saakashvili, IPA: [m???ixe'il s??k??'wil???i]; born 21 December 1967) is a Georgian and Ukrainian politician.
  • He was the third President of Georgia for two consecutive terms from 25 January 2004 to 17 November 2013.
  • From May 2015 until November 2016, Saakashvili was the Governor of Ukraine's Odessa Oblast.
  • He is the founder and former chairman of the United National Movement party. Involved in Georgian politics since 1995, Saakashvili became president in January 2004 after President Eduard Shevardnadze resigned in the November 2003 bloodless "Rose Revolution" led by Saakashvili and his political allies, Nino Burjanadze and Zurab Zhvania.
  • He was re-elected in the Georgian presidential election on 5 January 2008.
  • While his first term was marred by political quagmire, his second term saw unprecedented economic growth (averaging GDP increases of 10% a year), as well as drastic drops in endemic corruption.
  • His foreign policy was characterized by pro-NATO and pro-West politics.
  • In 2010, he had a 67% approval rating despite being criticized by the opposition for his alleged authoritarian tendencies and electoral fraud.On 2 October 2012, Saakashvili admitted his party's defeat in Georgia's parliamentary election against the Georgian Dream coalition led by the tycoon Bidzina Ivanishvili.
  • He was barred by the constitution of Georgia from seeking a third term in the 2013 presidential election, which was won by the Georgian Dream's candidate Giorgi Margvelashvili.
  • Shortly after the election, Saakashvili left Georgia.
  • Saakashvili is wanted by Georgia's new government on multiple criminal charges, which he decries as politically motivated.Saakashvili energetically supported Ukraine's Euromaidan movement and the 2014 Ukrainian revolution.
  • On 30 May 2015, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko appointed Saakashvili as Governor of Odessa Oblast (region).
  • He was also granted Ukrainian citizenship, and due to restrictions on dual nationality under Georgian law, was stripped of his Georgian citizenship.
  • On 7 November 2016, Saakashvili resigned as Governor while blaming President Poroshenko personally for enabling corruption in Odessa and in Ukraine overall.
  • Four days later he announced his goal to create a new political party called Movement of New Forces.On 26 July 2017, Saakashvili (at the time staying in the U.S.) was stripped of his Ukrainian citizenship by Petro Poroshenko, and became a stateless person.
  • On 29 May 2019, he returned to Ukraine after newly elected President Volodymyr Zelensky restored his citizenship.

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