Giorgi Baramidze
| Giorgi Baramidze გიორგი ბარამიძე |
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| State Minister for Euro-Atlantic Integration of Georgia | |
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In office 27 December 2004 – 24 August 2012 |
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| President | Mikheil Saakashvili |
| Preceded by | Tamar Beruchashvili |
| Succeeded by | Tornike Gordadze |
| Minister of Internal Affairs | |
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In office November 2003 – May 2004 |
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| Minister of Defense | |
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In office June 2004 – December 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Gela Bezhuashvili |
| Succeeded by | Irakli Okruashvili |
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January 5, 1968 Tbilisi, Georgia |
| Religion | Georgian Orthodox |
| Military service | |
| Years of service | 1992–1993 |
| Battles/wars | War in Abkhazia |
Giorgi Baramidze (Georgian: გიორგი ბარამიძე, born January 5, 1968) is a Georgian politician who served as Vice-Prime Minister of Georgia and State Minister for Euro-Atlantic Integration from 2004 to 2012. On October 21, 2012, he was elected as a vice-speaker of the Parliament of Georgia.
Baramidze was born on January 5, 1968 in Tbilisi, Georgia. He graduated from the Department of Chemical Technologies of the Georgian Technical University in 1992. While at the university, he was a co-founder and one of leaders of the student movement. In 1990, he joined forces with other activists establishing and leading Green Party of Georgia. Following graduation from the university in 1992, he worked as the head of a department at the Committee of Human Rights and National Minorities. In 1995, he graduated from George C. Marshall Center for European Security Studies and Defense Economics in Garmisch, Germany.
After start of the military operations in Abkhazia in 1992, he became the head of Green Party Humanitarian Aid Office where he oversaw provision of humanitarian supplies, evacuation of peaceful population from the occupied territories and liberation of Georgian hostages. He's credited with freeing of 200 Georgian prisoners and facilitating rescue of 3,000 Georgian civilians who fled the conflict zone. He later participated in combat operations in Labra village of Ochamchire district and around Sukhumi.
In 1992, Baramidze was elected to the Parliament of Georgia and served as the Secretary for Commission of Human Rights and National Minorities and as member of Parliamentary Defense and Security Commission. He was also elected a member of the State Coordination Commission of Georgia's participation in NATO Partnership for Peace Program (PFP). In 1995, he was one of co-founders of Eduard Shevardnadze's Union of Citizens of Georgia Party and was elected its deputy chairman, acting as Secretary General of the party from 1995 through 1996.
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