Government Ministers of Georgia (Country) - Tengiz Kitovani, Irakli Okruashvili, Giorgi Karkarashvili, Vano Merabishvili, Nikoloz Gilauri (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Tengiz Kitovani, Irakli Okruashvili, Giorgi Karkarashvili, Vano Merabishvili, Nikoloz Gilauri, David Tevzadze, Ekaterine Tkeshelashvili, Vera Kobalia, Grigol Vashadze, David Bakradze, Iulon Gagoshidze, Nika Rurua, Davit Kezerashvili, Temur Iakobashvili, Zurab Adeishvili, Gela Bezhuashvili, Vardiko Nadibaidze, Lasha Zhvania, Alan Parastaev, Khatuna Kalmaxelidze, Alexander Khetaguri, Vasil Sikharulidze, Andria Urushadze, Levan Choladze, Giorgi Khachidze, Bacho Akhalaia, Kakha Baindurashvili, Tedo Japaridze, Grigol Lordkipanidze, Akaki Chkhenkeli, Gia Getsadze, Avtandil Jorbenadze, Giorgi Arveladze, Alexander Lomaia, Gia Kavtaradze, Dimitri Shashkin, Irakli Menagarishvili, Londer Tsaava, Irakli Chogovadze, Ghia Nodia, David Tkeshelashvili, Nikoloz Vacheishvili, Aleksandr Chikvaidze, Petre Tsiskarishvili. Excerpt: Tengiz Kitovani (Georgian: ) (born June 9, 1938) is a retired Georgian politician and military commander with high-profile involvement in the Georgian Civil War early in the 1990s when he commanded the National Guard of Georgia and served as a Defense Minister until being gradually sidelined by Eduard Shevardnadze who had earlier been invited to lead the nation after a successful coup d'etat launched by Kitovani and his allies against President Zviad Gamsakhurdia. Born in Tbilisi, Kitovani graduated from the Tbilisi Fine Arts Academy and taught at a boarding school in the town of Tetritsq'aro, and then worked as a main painter for the Tbilisi State Advertising Bureau between 1967 and 1969. Kitovani entered the national politics early in 1990 when the independence movement reached its climax in then-Soviet Georgia. Elected to the Supreme Council of Georgia the same year, he was closely associated with Zviad Gamsakhurdia, a Soviet-era dissident who went on to become the chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme C...