Everything about Lado Gurgenidze totally explained
Vladimer "Lado" Gurgenidze (born
17 December,
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, 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.
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've 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.
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