- Levan Varshalomidze
Levan Varshalomidze (born
17 January 1972 ,Batumi , Georgia) is a Georgian politician and the current Chairman of the Government of the Autonomous Republic ofAjaria . He became a leader of this autonomous province in the southwestern Georgia following the ouster of a defiant rulerAslan Abashidze in May2004 ("see" "Ajaria Crisis ").He is the son of
Guram Varshalomidze , a Director General of the National Oil Company of Georgia, who had chaired the Council of Ministers of Adjara in the mid-1990s.Education
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1994 Graduated from the International Law Department at Foreign Relations Institute ofKiev University ,Ukraine ; awarded Master of Law Degree*
1994 –1999 Post-graduate courses at Foreign Relations Institute of Kiev University, Ukraine; awarded Doctor Degree in the fields of civil law and civil practice law, family law, and international private lawCareer
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1998 –2000 Head of Bilateral Relations Office of the International Law Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia*
2000 –2002 Chairman of the Executive Department at the Ministry of Justice of Georgia*
2002 Director of the Law Department at the Ministry of Finance of Georgia*
2002 March Scientific-researcher of the International Private Law Department at State and Law Institute of Georgia*
2002 –2004 Partner of Trust Company "“Damenia, Varshalomidze, Nogaideli and Kavtaradze”"*
2004 January General Director of [http://its.railway.ge/eng/about.htm Georgian Railways] Ltd*
2004 May 5 Envoy of thePresident of Georgia in the Autonomous Republic ofAjaria *
2004 July 20 Upon the submission of the President of Georgia the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Ajaria confirmed his appointment as the Chairman of the Government of the Autonomous Republic of Ajariaource
* [http://www.adjara.gov.ge/eng/index.php?page=chairman Government of Autonomous Republic of Ajara]
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