Tina Khidasheli | |
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თინა ხიდაშელი | |
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Minister of Defence | |
In office 1 May 2015 – 1 August 2016 | |
Prime Minister | Irakli Garibashvili Giorgi Kvirikashvili |
Preceded by | Mindia Janelidze |
Succeeded by | Levan Izoria |
Member of Parliament of Georgia | |
In office 21 October 2012 – 8 May 2015 | |
Preceded by | Zaza Gulikashvili |
Succeeded by | Tamar Khidasheli |
Parliamentary group | Georgian Dream |
Constituency | Sagarejo |
Personal details | |
Born | Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union (now Tbilisi, Georgia)[citation needed] | 8 June 1973
Political party | Republican Party (2005-2016) |
Spouse | David Usupashvili |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | Tbilisi State University(1995) Central European University (1996) Washington College of Law (1996) |
Tinatin "Tina" Khidasheli[1] (Georgian: თინათინ (თინა) ხიდაშელი; born 8 June 1973) is a Georgian jurist and politician. A Republican Party member and former civil society activist, she was appointed as Georgia's Minister of Defense on 1 May 2015, becoming the country's first ever female defense minister. She resigned on 1 August 2016, after her party decided to leave the ruling Georgian Dream coalition.[2]
Khidasheli is married to David Usupashvili, the former chairman of the Parliament of Georgia.[3]
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