Roin Metreveli is a Georgian Academician

Academician

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 and historian

Historian

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He was the first elected rector of 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...

, after Petre Melikishvili

Petre Melikishvili

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 and Ivane Javakhishvili

Ivane Javakhishvili

Ivane Javakhishvili was a Georgian historian whose voluminous works heavily influenced the modern scholarship of the history and culture of Georgia...

. He was a major editor of the Georgian Encyclopedia. He is the author of more than 300 scientific publications and books about Georgian history and Caucasiology. For several years, he was member of the Georgian Parliament

Parliament of Georgia

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. He was Chairman of the Board of Rectors of all Georgian Universities.

Tbilisi State University

On 1991 Roin Metreveli was appointed as Rector of Tbilisi State University. In 1992 through his hard work and pressure, Tbilisi State University regained their status as automomus institution, what was lost Since 1926. From that moment when Tbilisi State University became autonomous, Great Scientific Council was reenstated and this council had to choose new executive. In April 1992 new council elected Roin Metreveli as Rector of Tbilisi State University. He was the first elected rector after Petre Melikishvili and Ivane Javakhishvili. In 1997 Professor Roin Metreveli was elected for second term as a rector.