Bacho Akhalaia | |
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Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia | |
In office July 4, 2012 – September 20, 2012 | |
President | Mikheil Saakashvili |
Preceded by | Vano Merabishvili |
Succeeded by | Ekaterine Zguladze (acting) |
Minister of Defense of Georgia | |
In office August 27, 2009 – July 4, 2012 | |
President | Mikheil Saakashvili |
Preceded by | Vasil Sikharulidze |
Succeeded by | Dimitri Shashkin |
Personal details | |
Born | Zugdidi, Georgian SSR, USSR | October 24, 1980
Spouse | Anna Nadareishvili |
Bachana "Bacho" Akhalaia (Georgian: ბაჩანა "ბაჩო" ახალაია; born October 24, 1980, in Zugdidi) is a Georgian politician who was Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia from July 4, 2012, to September 20, 2012. He had previously served as Head of Penitentiary Department of Ministry of Justice of Georgia (2005–2008) and Minister of Defense (August 27, 2009 – July 4, 2012).
On September 20, 2012, amid protests against torture and rapes in Georgian prisons, the Ministry of Internal Affairs announced Akhalaia had resigned from office.[citation needed]