Nino Burjanadze

Nino Burjanadze
ნინო ბურჯანაძე
Burjanadze in 2019
Leader of Democratic Movement-United Georgia
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 November 2008
Preceded by	party established
Acting President of Georgia
In office 25 November 2007 – 20 January 2008
Prime Minister	Lado Gurgenidze
Preceded by	Mikheil Saakashvili
Succeeded by	Mikheil Saakashvili
In office 23 November 2003 – 25 January 2004
Prime Minister	Avtandil Jorbenadze Zurab Zhvania
Preceded by	Eduard Shevardnadze
Succeeded by	Mikheil Saakashvili
3rd Speaker of the Parliament
In office 9 November 2001 – 7 June 2008
Preceded by	Zurab Zhvania
Succeeded by	Davit Bakradze
Chairman of the United National Movement
In office 2004 – May 2008
Preceded by	Mikheil Saakashvili
Succeeded by	Davit Bakradze
Member of the Parliament of Georgia
In office 25 November 1995 – 7 June 2008
Personal details
Born	(1964-07-16) 16 July 1964 (age 59) Kutaisi, Soviet Union (now Georgia)
Political party	Democratic Movement-United Georgia (2008–present)
Other political affiliations	United National Movement (2003–2008) Burjanadze-Democrats (2002–2003) Union of Citizens of Georgia (1995-2002)
Spouse	Badri Bitsadze
Alma mater	Tbilisi State University Moscow State University
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Nino Burjanadze (Georgian: ნინო ბურჯანაძე [ˈnino ˈbuɾdʒanadze], also romanized Burdzhanadze or Burdjanadze, born 16 July 1964) is a Georgian politician and lawyer who served as Chairperson of the Parliament of Georgia from November 2001 to June 2008. As the first woman, she has served as the acting head of state of Georgia twice; the first time from 23 November 2003 to 25 January 2004 in the wake of Eduard Shevardnadze's resignation during the Rose Revolution, and again from 25 November 2007 to 20 January 2008, when Mikheil Saakashvili stepped down to rerun in the early presidential elections. She withdrew into opposition to Saakashvili as the leader of the Democratic Movement-United Georgia party in 2008. In October 2013, she ran in the presidential election, competing against 22 candidates. She ended third with 10 percent of the vote.^[1]