Ivane Merabishvili
| Vano Merabishvili ვანო მერაბიშვილი |
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| Prime Minister of Georgia | |
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In office 4 July 2012 – 25 October 2012 |
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| President | Mikheil Saakashvili |
| Preceded by | Nika Gilauri |
| Succeeded by | Bidzina Ivanishvili |
| Minister of Internal Affairs | |
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In office 18 December 2004 – 4 July 2012 |
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| Prime Minister |
Zurab Zhvania Zurab Noghaideli Lado Gurgenidze Grigol Mgaloblishvili Nika Gilauri |
| Preceded by | Irakli Okruashvili |
| Succeeded by | Bachana Akhalaia |
| Minister of State Security | |
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In office 7 June 2004 – 18 December 2004 |
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| Prime Minister | Zurab Zhvania |
| Preceded by | Zurab Adeishvili |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Personal details | |
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15 April 1968 Ude, Soviet Union (now Georgia) |
| Political party |
Union of Citizens of Georgia (Before 2002) United National Movement (2002–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Tako Salaqaia |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Georgian Technical University |
Ivane "Vano" Merabishvili (Georgian: ივანე "ვანო" მერაბიშვილი; born 15 April 1968) is a Georgian politician and former Prime Minister of Georgia from 4 July to 25 October 2012. A former NGO activist, he became directly involved in Georgia's politics in 1999 and emerged as one of the government's most influential members after the 2003 Rose Revolution, especially as Georgia's Minister of Internal Affairs (18 December 2004–4 July 2012).
Merabishvili was born in the largely Georgian Roman Catholic village of Ude in what is now Samtskhe-Javakheti region in south Georgia, then a Soviet republic. He graduated from the Georgian Technical University in 1992 with a degree from the Faculty of Mining. After his schooling he held several positions at the Technical University and at the Institute of Agriculture of Georgia before becoming a president of the Association for Protection of Landowners' Rights in 1995 and a co-founder of the Liberty Institute in 1996.
Merabishvili's direct involvement with politics began in November 1999 when he was elected to the Parliament of Georgia on the party ticket of the Union of Citizens of Georgia (UCG), chaired by then-President Eduard Shevardnadze. Merabishvili was a member of an influential and vocal, yet small, group of the UCG faction, known as “reformers” led by Zurab Zhvania and Mikheil Saakashvili and which called for more radical and Western-oriented political reforms.
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