Giorgi Ugulava Edit Profile
Giorgi "Gigi" Ugulava is a Georgian politician and the former.
Education
Born in Tbilisi, Ugulava studied at the Tbilisi Theological Seminary () and the University of Saarbrücken (), and graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy and Sociology at the Tbilisi State University in
Career
Having briefly worked as a journalist for a Tbilisi-based Iberia television, Internews, and Transparency International (), he became a consultant for the Eurasia Foundation in He directed the World Bank Association of Legal and Public Education from to , and helped organize the youth organization Kmara! (&#;Enough&#;). The Kmara movement played a critical role in the bloodless Rose Revolution, which would bring the reformist leader Mikheil Saakashvili to power.
Ugulava assumed the position of Deputy Security Minister in the new government and was moved to the post of Governor of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti in September
On April 20, , he was appointed Chief of the Administration of the President of Georgia. Ugulava was appointed on July 12,
When this post became elective in , he ran successfully for mayor, and was elected by th
Gigi Ugulava Released from Prison
| Civil Georgia, Tbilisi / 6 Jan.'17 / |
Ex-mayor of Tbilisi and one of the leaders of the United National Movement, Gigi Ugulava, was released from prison on January 6, following Tbilisi Court of Appeal’s ruling, which shortened his sentence by three years and three months.
After his release, Ugulava, who was met by his friends and party members with ovations, called for releasing “other political prisoners” through amnesty or presidential pardon. He also emphasized that he has not admitted guilt. In his first remarks, Ugulava also stated that he would direct his efforts to settle the internal confrontation in the United National Movement in a civilized manner.
Gigi Ugulava was sentenced in September to four years and six months in prison after being found guilty of misspending of public funds while serving as the mayor of the capital city – charges, which he has denied as politically motivated. The prosecution claimed that Ugulava siphoned off GEL million of public funds by creating over fictitious job positions in the capital city’s municipal service through which funds were funneled to pa
Gigi Ugulava on Past Mistakes, Political Plans, Differences between UNM, European Georgia
| Civil Georgia, Tbilisi / 3 Feb.'17 / |
Gigi Ugulava, former Mayor of Tbilisi and one of the leaders of the newly-established Movement for Liberty - European Georgia, said the new party will put individual freedoms above state-building, arguing this was their major ideological difference from more statist United National Movement (UNM). Ugulava spoke on the past mistakes of the UNM administration, political plans of the new party and the differences between the two in his January 30 interview with Georgian news website Netgazeti.
Gigi Ugulava outlined that the new party’s ideological standing would be center-right, explaining “it means maximum economic liberalization, maximum economic freedom and political freedoms,” he explained.
Ugulava noted that “if there was no [ideological] difference, the party [UNM] would not have split.”
“Our views in terms of a number of issues are much more liberal compared to our previous teammates. With respect to economics, we are in favor of de-regulation and liberalization; in terms of political
Tbilisi ex-mayor slams his sentence for graft
Georgian politician and government critic Gigi Ugulava was sentenced to three years and two months in prison on corruption charges on Monday. The prosecutors claim that he embezzled nearly $17 million (€ million) between and as the mayor of Tbilisi.
The country's Supreme Court announced the sentence at a closed hearing. Neither Ugulava nor his lawyer were allowed to attend.
Commenting on the case, the year-old opposition leader pointed to the leader of the ruling Georgian Dream party, Bidzina Ivanishvili.
The conviction was "politically motivated" and a "personal decision" of Ivanishvili, Ugulava told journalists.
Government starts crackdown after failed reform
The billionaire oligarch Ivanishvili served as the country's prime minister in and While he currently holds no state office, his critics believe him to be the most powerful person in the ex-Soviet country and the true force behind the current prime minister, Giorgi Gakharia.
Georgia: Drumming for Reform
Ivanishvili's party faced criticism from abroad over the recent crackdown on civic protests. The November protests were caused by the Georgian Dream promising, and
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