Irakli Okruashvili, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Irakli Okruashvili

Georgian politician

Date of Birth: 06-Nov-1973

Place of Birth: Tskhinvali, Shida Kartli, Georgia

Profession: politician

Nationality: Georgia

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Irakli Okruashvili (Georgian: ?????? ??????????) (born 6 November 1973) is a Georgian politician who had served on various important posts in the Government of Georgia under President Mikheil Saakashvili, including being the Minister of Defense from December 2004 until being dismissed in November 2006. In September 2007, Okruashvili staged a scandalous comeback to Georgian politics, openly confronting Mikheil Saakashvili and creating the opposition party Movement for United Georgia.
On September 27, 2007, Okruashvili was briefly arrested at his party headquarters on the charges of corruption, money laundering, and abuse of office.
In 2007 he left Georgia and was granted political asylum in France.
He was sentenced to 11-year prison term in Georgia in absentia in March 2008.
In October 2010, he, remaining in France, joined Sozar Subari, Levan Gachechiladze and Erosi Kitsmarishvili in the new Georgian Party.

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