Dimitri Shashkin

Dimitri Shashkin დიმიტრი შაშკინი
Minister of Education and Science of Georgia
Incumbent
Assumed office December 21, 2009
President	Mikheil Saakashvili
Preceded by	Nika Gvaramia
Minister of Corrections and Legal Assistance of Georgia
Incumbent
Assumed office February 2, 2009
Succeeded by	Khatuna Kalmaxelidze
Personal details
Born	August 8, 1975 (1975-08-08) (age 36) Tbilisi, Georgia
Religion	Christian
Military service
Service/branch	Akhaltsikhe Military Base of the Georgian Army
Years of service	1993-1996
Rank	Lieutenant

Dimitri Shashkin (born August 8, 1975) is a Georgian politician of Russian descent, currently serving as the Minister of Education and Science in the Cabinet of Georgia. Shashkin was appointed to the post on December 21, 2009 by Prime Minister Nikoloz Gilauri.

Early years

Shashkin was born on August 8, 1975 in Tbilisi, Georgia. In 1992-1993, he attended Greek-Georgian University studying International Law. From 1992 through 1993, he worked as the Inspector at Weapons Office in Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia. From 1993 to 1998, he attended Tbilisi State University, graduating with the Master's degree in Criminal Law with emphasis on State, Tax and Criminal Law. He also briefly served as Lieutenant at Akhaltsikhe Military Base of the Georgian Armed Forces until 1996. In 1997-1998, Shashkin worked as Program Assistant at American Bar Association; from 1998 through 2001, as Assistant Program Officer at International Republican Institute (IRI). In 2001, he was promoted to Resident Program Officer at the same institution and in 2007, he became the Resident Country Director of IRI, retaining the position until 2009. Between 1998-2008, Shashkin also provided private consulting and management services to various candidates during election campaigns.^[1]

Political career

On February 2, 2009 Shashkin was appointed head of the newly established Ministry of Corrections and Legal Assistance of Georgia.^[2] On December 21, 2009 he was replaced by Khatuna Kalmaxelidze, and appointed Minister of Education and Science of Georgia.^[3][1]

Shashkin is married and has two children.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia. Dimitri Shashkin". http://www.mes.gov.ge/content.php?id=8&lang=eng. Retrieved 2011-04-11. 
2. ^ "Dimitri Shashkin to head the Ministry for Probations of Georgia". Georgia Times. 2009-02-02. http://www.georgiatimes.info/en/news/6891.html. Retrieved 2011-04-11. 
3. ^ "Adjara Television. Nika Gilauri presented Dimitry Shashkin". http://www.adjaratv.ge/en/index.php?page=shownews&id=4840. Retrieved 2011-04-11. 

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Name	Shashkin, Dimitri
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Date of birth	August 8, 1975
Place of birth	Tbilisi, Georgia
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