Avtandil_Jorbenadze

Avtandil Jorbenadze

Avtandil Jorbenadze

Georgian politician; former State Minister of Georgia

Avtandil Jorbenadze (Georgian: ავთანდილ ჯორბენაძე; born 23 February 1951) is a former State Minister of Georgia.

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Before entering politics, Jorbenadze worked as a doctor; in this capacity, in 1992 he was called to take up the post of deputy minister of health.[citation needed] He left the cabinet briefly the following year, but soon rejoined it as health minister.[1] In 1999, he was given the responsibility for social security, and the next year that for labour.[2] When President Shevardnadze dismissed his cabinet, in the aftermath of a controversial storming of a television station by security agents,[3] Jorbenadze was appointed head of the cabinet in December 2001.[2] He resigned his position during the November 2003 Rose Revolution. In 2011, he became the chairman of the supervisory board for Chapidze Emergency Cardiology Center in Tbilisi.

References

  • East, R. and Thomas, R. (2003). Profiles of People in Power:The World's Government Leaders, page 190. Routledge. ISBN 1-85743-126-X, 9781857431261.

Notes

  1. [1]
    "Military reverse for Gamsakhurdia rebels". Keesing's Record of World Events. 39: 39695. October 1993.
  2. [2]
    "Georgian Parliament endorses Jorbenadze's appointment as minister of state". Iprinda news agency. 22 December 2001.
  3. [3]
    Wines, Michael (2 November 2001). "TV Station Raid in Georgia Leads to Protests and Cabinet's Ouster". The New York Times.


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