Mamuka Kurashvili (born January 17, 1970) is a brigadier general

Brigadier General

Brigadier general is a senior rank in the armed forces. It is the lowest ranking general officer in some countries, usually sitting between the ranks of colonel and major general. When appointed to a field command, a brigadier general is typically in command of a brigade consisting of around 4,000...

 of the Georgian

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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...

 army and Deputy Chief of Joint Staff of the Georgian Armed Forces

Military of Georgia

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 since May 7, 2009. Prior to that he served as a chief of staff of peacekeeping operations in Georgia's conflict zones in Abkhazia

Abkhazia

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 and South Ossetia

South Ossetia

South Ossetia or Tskhinvali Region is a disputed region and partly recognized state in the South Caucasus, located in the territory of the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within the former Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic....

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Kurashvili finished faculty of law of Tbilisi State University

Tbilisi State University

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 in 1996 and Moscow

Moscow

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 Malinovsky Military Academy  in 1999.

After finishing service in the Soviet Army

Red Army

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 he began his military career in National Guard of Georgia

National Guard of Georgia

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 in 1990. He served at various senior positions in Georgian army including Deputy Chief of the National Guard Security Group (1991–1993), Commandant of Tbilisi Military Garrison (2004–2005), Chief of Special Operation Brigade of Ministry of Defense (2005) and Commander of Georgian peacekeeping battalion in structure of the mixed peacekeeping forces in the Georgian–Ossetian conflict zone (2006–2007).

On August 7, 2008, at the beginning of 2008 South Ossetia war

2008 South Ossetia war

The 2008 South Ossetia War or Russo-Georgian War was an armed conflict in August 2008 between Georgia on one side, and Russia and separatist governments of South Ossetia and Abkhazia on the other....

 Kurashvili told Rustavi 2

Rustavi 2

Rustavi 2 Broadcasting Company , better known as Rustavi 2, is the most successful private television broadcasting company in Georgia. The Rustavi, based in Tbilisi, was founded in 1994 in the town of Rustavi. It is a privately owned free to air terrestrial broadcaster that currently reaches around...

 television that Georgian forces were moving to "establish constitutional order in the Ossetian region." He later described his comment as "not authorized by seniors" and "impulsive" and "not prepared". Kurashvili was reprimanded by Georgian Defense Ministry because of the statement. He was wounded during the war.

On October, 28, during the hearings by Georgian parliament

Parliament of Georgia

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 special commission, studying the 2008 South Ossetia war, he claimed that Russian peacekeepers

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 positions in South Ossetia were destroyed by Russian army, and not by Georgian artillery shelling.

On May 6, 2009 according to the order of the Minister of Defense of Georgia

Vasil Sikharulidze

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 Mamuka Kurashvili was moved from position of Deputy Head of the General Inspection of Ministry of Defense to Deputy Chief of the Joint Staff of GAF.

Kurashvili has been awarded with Vakhtang Gorgasali Order (3rd Rank), Medal for Military Courage  and Medal of Military Honor.