Badri Bitsadze (born April 27, 1960) is the former Chief of the Border Police of 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...

. He holds the rank of Lieutenant General

Lieutenant General

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, and previously held the posts of Chief Military Prosecutor, Deputy General Prosecutor, and Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs. He is married to the former Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia

Parliament of Georgia

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 and the twice former interim President of Georgia

President of Georgia

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, Nino Burjanadze

Nino Burjanadze

Nino Burjanadze is a Georgian politician and lawyer who served as Chairperson of the Parliament of Georgia from November 2001 to June 2008...

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Bitsadze has been involved in several controversies allegedly concerning separation of powers and charges he made of corruption involving military funds, as well as charges of blackmail levelled against him by opposition elements.

Bitsadze attended Tbilisi State University

Tbilisi State University

Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University , better known as Tbilisi State University , is a university established on 8 February 1918 in Tbilisi, Georgia. TSU is the oldest university in the whole Caucasus region...

, 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.

Bitsadze resigned his position on October 29, 2008, claiming that a campaign to discredit the agency was underway because his wife, the former parliamentary chairperson, had withdrawn into opposition to the current government.

Later that year, Bitsadze became involved with his wife's newly founded party Democratic Movement–United Georgia. In March 2009, several party activists, including a driver of Badri Bitsadze, were arrested by the Georgian police on on arms charges. Burjanadze said after the Interior Ministry's statement that she was ready to cooperate with the investigation, but claimed that evidence put forth by the investigation was not enough and needed further scrutiny.

Arrest

In early June, 2011 Deputy Prosecutor General David Sakvarelidze said he has requested the Tbilisi City Court issue an arrest warrant for Badri Bitsadze, who was accused of organizing attacks on policemen during anti-governmental protests in May 2011 and did not pay 100,000 Laris for bail. His current whereabouts is not clear, however on July 25th, Nino Burjanadze gave an interview, Where she stated that her husband would seek for political asylum. The investigation of this issue, has been very controversial, due to shortage of strong evidences.