Dimitri Gvindadze (born December 23, 1973) is a Georgian

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...

 economist and politician who has been the country's Minister of Finance

Ministry of Finance (Georgia)

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 since June 20, 2011.

Education and early career

Born in Tbilisi

Tbilisi

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, then-Soviet Georgia, Gvindadze graduated from the Tbilisi State Technical University

Georgian Technical University

Georgian Technical University – GTU , now Technical University of Georgia is main and largest technical university of Georgia, it is located in the capital city of Tbilisi.- History :...

 with a degree in civil engineering in 1995. He then studied at the Diplomatic Academy of Paris (1998), International Institute of Social Studies in The Hague

The Hague

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 (2001), and the John F. Kennedy School of Government

John F. Kennedy School of Government

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 at Harvard University

Harvard University

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 (2003–2005), and went through a Financial Programming and Policy course at the International Monetary Fund

International Monetary Fund

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 Institute (2007).

From 1994 to 2003, Gvindadze served on various positions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia. In July 2005, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Finance. He was in charge of foreign debt, cooperation with the international financial institutions and bilateral donors. When nominating Gvindadze to the post of Minister of Finance, the Prime Minister of Georgia

Prime Minister of Georgia

The Prime Minister of Georgia is the most senior minister within the Cabinet of Georgia, appointed by the President of Georgia. The official title of the Head of the Government of Georgia has varied throughout history, however, the duties and functions of the leader have changed only marginally....

 Nika Gilauri noted that owing to Gvindadze's successful work as a Deputy Minister it was made possible to issue USD 500 million eurobond

Eurobond

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s in April 2011 to refinance the previous one.

Minister of Finance

Dimitri Gvindadze was appointed Minister of Finance on June 20, 2011, succeeding Kakha Baindurashvili

Kakha Baindurashvili

Kakha Baindurashvili is a Georgian politician who was the country's Minister of Finance since February 6, 2009 to June 17, 2011.-Early life:...

.

Personal life

Gvindadze is married to Maia Kvaliashvili and has two daughters. Besides his native Georgian, he speaks English, French, and Russian.

See also

• Cabinet of Georgia
  Cabinet of Georgia
  The Cabinet of Georgia is an executive council of government ministers in Georgia. It is headed by the Prime Minister of Georgia. In the cases of utmost importance, the meetings may be led by the President of Georgia . The first Cabinet of Georgia was formed by Noe Zhordania in the Democratic...