Andria Urushadze is a Georgian politician who serves as the Minister of Health, Labour and Social Affairs of Georgia

Ministry of Health, Labour and Social Affairs (Georgia)

The Ministry of Health, Labor and Social Affairs of Georgia is a governmental agency within the Cabinet of Georgia in charge of regulating the healthcare system, labor issues and social security system in Georgia...

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Early years

Urushadze was born on April 25, 1968 in Tbilisi

Tbilisi

Tbilisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form T'pilisi and it was officially known as Tiflis until 1936...

, Georgia

Georgia (country)

Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...

. In 1993, he graduated from the General Medicine Department of Tbilisi State Medical University

Tbilisi State Medical University

Tbilisi State Medical University is a leading medical eniversity in Caucasus Region. TSMU was founded as Tbilisi Medical Institute in 1918 and became the Faculty of Medicine within the Tbilisi State University in 1930. Tbilisi State Medical Institute was renamed to Medical University in 1992...

. In 1993-1994, he took post graduate courses in Endocrinology at the same institution. In 1997, he completed studies at the School of Governance. He then completed Special Training Course for Executive Managers of Insurance Companies in Switzerland

Switzerland

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 in 1998. From 1993 through 1995, he was the Vice-President of Georgian Youth International Foundation. In 1995-1997, Urushadze was the head of the International Programs Implementation Bureau at the State Chancellery of Georgia. From 1997 until 2005, he was the Executive Director of Insurance Company Aldagi.

Political career

In September 2005, Urushadze was appointed head of the Healthcare Department at the Ministry of Labor, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia. In October 2006, he became Health Policy Expert for the same ministry as per contracts signed with the World Health Organization

World Health Organization

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 and the World Bank

World Bank

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. In October 2007, he was appointed Director of the Social Service Agency of Georgia. On August 13, 2010, he was appointed Minister of Labor, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia.
Urushadze has authored scientific publications, including "Key Principles of Georgian Health and Social Policy".
In addition to native Georgian, he speaks English and Russian. He's married and has two children.