Tina Khidasheli

Tina Khidasheli
თინა ხიდაშელი
Minister of Defence
In office
1 May 2015 – 1 August 2016
Prime MinisterIrakli Garibashvili
Giorgi Kvirikashvili
Preceded byMindia Janelidze
Succeeded byLevan Izoria
Member of Parliament of Georgia
In office
21 October 2012 – 8 May 2015
Preceded byZaza Gulikashvili
Succeeded byTamar Khidasheli
Parliamentary groupGeorgian Dream
ConstituencySagarejo
Personal details
Born (1973-06-08) 8 June 1973 (age 51)
Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Tbilisi, Georgia)[citation needed]
Political partyRepublican Party (2005-2016)
SpouseDavid Usupashvili
Children2
Alma materTbilisi State University(1995)
Central European University (1996)
Washington College of Law (1996)

Tinatin "Tina" Khidasheli[1] (Georgian: თინათინ (თინა) ხიდაშელი; born 8 June 1973) is a Georgian jurist and politician. A Republican Party member and former civil society activist, she was appointed as Georgia's Minister of Defense on 1 May 2015, becoming the country's first ever female defense minister. She resigned on 1 August 2016, after her party decided to leave the ruling Georgian Dream coalition.[2]

Khidasheli is married to David Usupashvili, the former chairman of the Parliament of Georgia.[3]

  1. ^ Tina Khidasheli, Official Twitter Account, Retrieved: 1 January 2016
  2. ^ "New Defense Minister, State Minister for Reconciliation Appointed". Civil Georgia. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  3. ^ "New Defense, Environment, Sport Ministers Named". Civil Georgia. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.