Irakli Alasania

Irakli Alasania ირაკლი ალასანია
First Deputy Prime Minister of Georgia
In office 25 October 2012 – 23 January 2013
Prime Minister	Bidzina Ivanishvili
Succeeded by	Giorgi Margvelashvili
Minister of Defense
In office 25 October 2012 – 4 November 2014
Prime Minister	Bidzina Ivanishvili Irakli Garibashvili
Preceded by	Dimitri Shashkin
Succeeded by	Mindia Janelidze
Chairman of the Free Democrats
In office 16 July 2009 – 19 February 2017
Preceded by	party established
Succeeded by	Shalva Shavgulidze
Personal details
Born	(1973-12-21) 21 December 1973 (age 50) Batumi, Soviet Union (Now Georgia)
Political party	Free Democrats (2009-2016)
Spouse	Natia Panjikidze
Children	2
Alma mater	Tbilisi State University
Awards
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Military service
Allegiance	Georgia
Branch/service	Georgian Army
Years of service	1994 – 2004
Rank	Colonel

Irakli Alasania (Georgian: ირაკლი ალასანია) (born 21 December 1973) is a Georgian politician, soldier and former diplomat who served as the Minister of Defense of Georgia from 2012 to 2014. He was Georgia's Ambassador to the United Nations from September 11, 2006, until December 4, 2008. His previous assignments include Chairman of the Government of Abkhazia(-in-exile) and the President of Georgia's aide in the Georgian-Abkhaz talks. Soon after his resignation, Alasania withdrew into opposition to the Mikheil Saakashvili administration, setting up the Our Georgia – Free Democrats party in July 2009. In 2012 Alasania was appointed Minister of Defense, a position he held until 2014.