Irakli Alasania

Irakli Alasania
ირაკლი ალასანია
First Deputy Prime Minister of Georgia
In office
25 October 2012 – 23 January 2013
Prime MinisterBidzina Ivanishvili
Succeeded byGiorgi Margvelashvili
Minister of Defense
In office
25 October 2012 – 4 November 2014
Prime MinisterBidzina Ivanishvili
Irakli Garibashvili
Preceded byDimitri Shashkin
Succeeded byMindia Janelidze
Chairman of the Free Democrats
In office
16 July 2009 – 19 February 2017
Preceded byparty established
Succeeded byShalva Shavgulidze
Personal details
Born (1973-12-21) 21 December 1973 (age 50)
Batumi, Soviet Union
(Now Georgia)
Political partyFree Democrats (2009-2016)
SpouseNatia Panjikidze
Children2
Alma materTbilisi State University
Awards
Signature
Military service
Allegiance Georgia
Branch/serviceGeorgian Army
Years of service1994 – 2004
RankColonel

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.