Mikheil Saakashvili

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Mikheil Saakashvili is a Georgian politician and reformist leader who served as President of Georgia from 2004 to 2013, known for his pro-Western stance and anti-corruption agenda.

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Mikheil Nikolozovich Saakashvili 1

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instanceOf human
lawyer
politician
reformist leader
conflictInvolved Russo-Georgian War 2008
surface form: Russo-Georgian War (2008)
countryOfCitizenship Georgia
Ukraine
dateOfBirth 1967-12-21
educatedAt Columbia Law School
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
George Washington University Law School
surface form: The George Washington University Law School
familyName Saakashvili
fieldOfStudy law
fullName Mikheil Saakashvili self-linksurface differs
surface form: Mikheil Nikolozovich Saakashvili
gender male
givenName Mikheil
hasChild Eduard Saakashvili
Eduard Saakashvili
surface form: Nikoloz Saakashvili
ideology liberal reformism
pro-Western orientation
knownFor Rose Revolution leadership
anti-corruption reforms in Georgia
languageSpoken English
Georgian
Russian
legalIssue convicted in absentia in Georgia on abuse-of-power charges
memberOfPoliticalParty United National Movement
notableEvent arrested in Georgia in 2021 upon returning to the country
renounced Georgian citizenship after obtaining Ukrainian citizenship
notableWork implementation of police and public sector reforms in Georgia
officeEndTime 2013-11-17
officeEndTime (Governor of Odesa Oblast) 2016-11-09
officeStartTime 2004-01-25
officeStartTime (Governor of Odesa Oblast) 2015-05-30
opposes Russian influence in Georgia
participatedIn Rose Revolution
placeOfBirth Tbilisi
politicalAlignment pro-European Union
pro-NATO
positionHeld Chairman of the United National Movement
Governor of Odesa Oblast
President of Georgia
President of the National Reforms Council of Ukraine
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
replacedInOfficeBy Giorgi Margvelashvili
residence Tbilisi
spouse Sandra Roelofs
tookOfficeFollowing Eduard Shevardnadze resignation

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Russo-Georgian War 2008 commander Mikheil Saakashvili
Mikheil Saakashvili fullName Mikheil Saakashvili self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Mikheil Nikolozovich Saakashvili