Lado Gurgenidze

Infobox Prime Minister
name = Vladimer Gurgenidze
ვლადიმერ გურგენიძე


imagesize = 172px
order = Prime Minister of Georgia
term_start = 22 November 2007
president = Mikheil Saakashvili
Nino Burjanadze (Acting)
Mikheil Saakashvili
predecessor = Zurab Noghaideli
order2 = Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Bank of Georgia
term_start2 = 15 September 2004
term_end2 = 22 November 2007
successor2 = Nicholas Enukidze
birth_date = birth date and age|1970|12|17|df=yes
birth_place = Tbilisi, Georgia
party = Independent
alma_mater = Tbilisi State University
Middlebury College
Emory University-Goizueta Business School
occupation = Politician
profession = Business executive
religion = Church of Georgia
website = [http://www.government.gov.ge/eng/]

Vladimer "Lado" Gurgenidze ( _ka. ვლადიმერ (ლადო) გურგენიძე) (born December 17, 1970) is a Georgian politician, the 17th Prime Minister of Georgia and Head of the Government of Georgia. He took office on 22 November 2007 after being invited by the President of Georgia to succeed Zurab Noghaideli, [ [http://eng.primenewsonline.com/news/121/ARTICLE/17064/2007-11-22.html Parliament Approved New Prime Minister And Cabinet Of Ministers] . The Prime News. November 22, 2007.] who resigned due to poor health conditions on 16 November. Prior to this Gurgenidze served as the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Bank of Georgia.

Early Life and Career

Lado Gurgenidze was born in Tbilisi, Georgia. He holds dual citizenship of Georgia and of the United Kingdom. Gurgenidze graduated from the Tbilisi State University and Middlebury College as well as obtaining a MBA degree from the Goizueta Business School of Emory University. From 1997 to 1998, he served as the Director of ABN AMRO Corporate Finance in Russia and CIS. In 1998, he moved to London and served in various senior capacities at ABN AMRO Corporate Finance, including as a Managing Director and Head of Technology Corporate Finance (2001-2002) and as a Director and Head of Mergers and Acquisitions in the Emerging European Markets (1998-2000). In July 2003, he joined, as a Managing Director and Regional Manager Europe, Putnam Lovell NBF, a leading global boutique investment banking firm focusing on the financial services sector, wholly-owned by the National Bank of Canada. [ [http://www.geotimes.ge/index.php?m=home&newsid=7819 Saakashvili Reshuffles Minister of Cabinet] . The Georgian Times. November 16, 2007.]

After the 2003 Rose Revolution in Georgia, he returned to Tbilisi and worked as a Chief Executive Officer for the Bank of Georgia (BOG) from 2004 to 2006. In May 2006, he was elected a Chairman of the BOG Supervisory Board. He helped the BOG make significant progress and become one of Georgia's leading banks. Gurgenidze received a great deal of publicity in 2006 when he hosted a reality television show "The Candidate" on Rustavi 2, a Georgian version of Donald Trump’s franchise "The Apprentice".

Prime Minister is married to Larissa Gurgenidze and they have three children.

Prime Minister

Shortly after the 2007 Georgian demonstrations, Gurgenidze was nominated by President Saakashvili to the post of Prime Minister of Georgia on 16 November, 2007, after Zurab Noghaideli resigned citing health problems. He was approved by and formally granted the trust of the Parliament of Georgia by a confidence vote on 22 November, 2007.

Although this is his first entry into politics, Gurgenidze is reported to have always been on good terms with the authorities, particularly with President Saakashvili, and has even criticized the opposition during the crisis. [ [http://www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=16347 BOG Chief as New PM, Media Suggest] . Civil Georgia. November 16, 2007.]

References

External links

* [http://www.government.gov.ge/ Government of Georgia]
* [http://www.24hours.ge/index.php?n=202&r=1&id=1031 Lado Gurgenidze: "London Can Do Without Me, Much Work in Georgian Banking" Interview with General Director of Bank of Georgia.] "24 Hours". N202 (31) Thursday, February 24, 2005.