Levan Varshalomidze
| Levan Varshalomidze | |
|---|---|
| Chairman of the Government of Adjara | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office July 20, 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Aslan Abashidze |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 17, 1972 Batumi, Adjara |
| Nationality | Georgian |
| Political party | United National Movement |
| Residence | Batumi, Adjara |
| Alma mater | Kiev University (PhD, LL.M.) |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Religion | Georgian Orthodox Christian |
| Website | [1] |
Levan Varshalomidze (Georgian: ლევან ვარშალომიძე) (born 17 January 1972) is a Georgian politician and the current Chairman of the Government of Adjara. He became the leader of this autonomous republic in southwestern Georgia following the ousting of ruler Aslan Abashidze in May 2004 (see Adjara Crisis).
Varshalomidze was born in Batumi. He is the son of Guram Varshalomidze, a General Director of the National Oil Company of Georgia, who chaired the Supreme Council of Adjara in the mid-1990s.
[edit] Education
Varshalomidze graduated in 1989 with honors from Batumi Secondary School number 6. In 1994 he was awarded a Master of Laws degree from the Foreign Relations Institute of Kiev University. In 1999 he was awarded a PhD from the same institute, with specializations in family law, international private law, civil law and civil practice law.
[edit] Career
From 1998 to 2000 Varshalomidze was Head of the Bilateral Relations Office of the International Law Department at the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 2000 to 2002 he was Chairman of the Executive Department at the Georgian Ministry of Justice. In 2002 Varshalomidze was briefly the Director of the Law Department at the Georgian Ministry of Finance, and he was a scientific researcher at the Georgian State and Law Institute.
From 2002 to 2004 he was partner of trust company Damenia, Varshalomidze, Nogaideli and Kavtaradze. In January 2004 Varshalomidze became the General Director of Georgian Railways. In May 2004 he received the envoy of Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili for the Autonomous Republic of Adjara.
On 20 July 2004 the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara confirmed his appointment as the Chairman of the Government of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara.
