Nino Burjanadze

Nino Burjanadze
ნინო ბურჯანაძე
Burjanadze in 2019
Leader of Democratic Movement-United Georgia
Assumed office
23 November 2008
Preceded byparty established
Acting President of Georgia
In office
25 November 2007 – 20 January 2008
Prime MinisterLado Gurgenidze
Preceded byMikheil Saakashvili
Succeeded byMikheil Saakashvili
In office
23 November 2003 – 25 January 2004
Prime MinisterAvtandil Jorbenadze
Zurab Zhvania
Preceded byEduard Shevardnadze
Succeeded byMikheil Saakashvili
3rd Speaker of the Parliament
In office
9 November 2001 – 7 June 2008
Preceded byZurab Zhvania
Succeeded byDavit Bakradze
Chairman of the United National Movement
In office
2004 – May 2008
Preceded byMikheil Saakashvili
Succeeded byDavit 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 60)
Kutaisi, Soviet Union
(now Georgia)
Political partyDemocratic Movement-United Georgia (2008–present)
Other political
affiliations
United National Movement (2003–2008)
Burjanadze-Democrats (2002–2003)
Union of Citizens of Georgia (1995-2002)
SpouseBadri Bitsadze
Alma materTbilisi State University
Moscow State University
Signature

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]

  1. ^ Skard, Torild (2014) "Nino Burjanadze" in Women of power - half a century of female presidents and prime ministers worldwide, Bruistol: Policy Press, ISBN 978-1-44731-578-0, pp. 351-3