Davit Kezerashvili

Davit Kezerashvili
დავით კეზერაშვილი
Minister of Defense of Georgia
In office
10 November 2006 – 5 December 2008
PresidentMikheil Saakashvili
Nino Burjanadze (Acting)
Mikheil Saakashvili
Preceded byIrakli Okruashvili
Succeeded byVasil Sikharulidze
Personal details
Born22 September 1978 (1978-09-22) (age 46)
Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, USSR
Political partyNational Movement - Democrats

Davit Kezerashvili (Georgian: დავით კეზერაშვილი) (born 22 September 1978) is a Jewish-Georgian investor, entrepreneur and former Minister of Defense of Georgia under Mikheil Saakashvili's presidency from November 2006 to December 2008.[1] Kezerashvili currently resides in the United Kingdom and is sentenced to imprisonment in Georgia for corruption.[1][2] In 2023, the BBC published an investigation where it alleged Kezerashvili appeared to be associated with a network of fraudulent and unregulated investment brands.[3]

  1. ^ a b Haseldine, Lisa (2023-03-29). "David Kezerashvili: 'Georgia is a proxy of the Russian state'". The Spectator. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
  2. ^ Ex-Defense Minister Sentenced 10 Years In Absentia. Civil Georgia. September 7, 2021.
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