Kakha Baindurashvili (born September 26, 1978) 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...

 politician who was the country's Minister of Finance

Ministry of Finance (Georgia)

The Ministry of Finance is a governmental agency within the Cabinet of Georgia in charge of regulating the financial sector in the Republic of Georgia...

 since February 6, 2009 to June 17, 2011.

Early life

Born 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...

, Baindurashvili earned a master's degree in economics

Master of Economics

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 at the 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...

 in 2000 and Master's degree in Economics from Williams College

Williams College

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, Williamstown, Massachusetts

Williamstown, Massachusetts

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, USA, in 2006. In 1999-2000, he worked as the editor of Prime News Agency. From 2000 to 2002, he was the Head of Investment Projects Monitoring Division at the Ministry of Finance of Georgia. From 2002 through 2004, he worked at the UNDP Project Office.

Political career

Baindurashvili served as an advisor to 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....

 from 2004 to 2005. Hwas appointed Chairman of State Tax Department of the Ministry of Finance in 2006. From March, 2007 through January, 2008 he served as the First Deputy Minister of Finance. On February 6, 2009 he succeeded Minister of Finance Nika Gilauri who in turn became the country's Prime Minister.

On June 17, 2011, Gilauri announced that Baindurashvili was replaced by Dimitri Gvindadze

Dimitri Gvindadze

Dimitri Gvindadze is a Georgian economist and politician who has been the country's Minister of Finance since June 20, 2011.-Education and early career:...

, who had been serving as a Deputy Minister of Finances since 2005, and the former minister would become chairman of supervisory board of the state-owned Georgian Post

Georgian Post

Georgian Post is the company responsible for postal service in Georgia.- History :Georgian Post has a long history. It is a well-known fact that from the ancient time transmission of information was provided by "couriers" and "messengers" in Georgia, which was mentioned in "Kartlis Tskhovreba" for...

, which was put on sale in October 2010, but has not yet been privatized.