Giorgi Arveladze

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Giorgi Arveladze is Minister for the Economy in Georgia. He was appointed on November 20, 2006, following the resignation of his precursor Irakli Okruashvili.[1]

He previously served as head of Administration of the President of Georgia. He has also been a member of parliament, served as the secretary general of the ruling United National Movement party, headed Georgia's Parliamentary permanent Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, and been responsible for prison reform within the Ministry of Justice (at a time when the ministry was run by Mikheil Saakashvili

A longtime ally and deputy of president Mikhail Saakashvili, Arveladze was a central actor in the Rose Revolution of November 2003.

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  1. ^ Radio Free Europe, New Georgian economy minister named (20 Nov 2006)
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