- Badri Bitsadze
Badri Bitsadze ( _ka. ბადრი ბიწაძე) (born
April 27 ,1960 ) is Chief of the Border Police of Georgia. [http://www.gbg.ge/8_2_eng.html MIA Border Police Of Georgia ] ] He holds the rank ofLieutenant General , and previously held the posts of Chief Military Prosecutor, Deputy General Prosecutor, and Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs. [http://www.geotimes.ge/index.php?m=home&newsid=7112&lang=eng The Georgian Times on the Web: Comprehensive news site, daily international, national and local news coverage , breaking news updates, sports, reviews ] ] [ [http://georgia.usembassy.gov/events/2005/event20050719CoastGuard.html July 19, 2005 - Ambassador Richard Miles Participates In National Coast Guard Day At Poti Harbor ] ] He is married to the Chairperson of theParliament of Georgia and twice former interim President of Georgia,Nino Burjanadze .Bitsadze has been involved in several controversies allegedly concerning separation of powers [ [http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=252 Central Asia - Caucasus Analyst ] ] and charges he made of corruption involving military funds, [ [http://www.jamestown.org/print_friendly.php?volume_id=7&issue_id=425&article_id=3718 The Jamestown Foundation ] ] [ [http://www.hri.org/news/balkans/rferl/2000/00-01-19.rferl.html RFE/RL Newsline, Vol. 3, No. 13, 00-01-19 ] ] as well as charges of blackmail levelled against him by opposition elements.
Bitsadze attended
Tbilisi State University , Faculty of Law and received a Ph.D from USSR Scientific Institute for Prosecutors. He's a recipient of the III Degree Vakhtang Gorgasali Order award.References
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