Zurab Noghaideli
| Zurab Noghaideli ზურაბ ნოღაიდელი |
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Photo by Mikhail Evstafiev
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| 5th Prime Minister of Georgia | |
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In office 17 February 2005 – 16 November 2007 |
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| President | Mikheil Saakashvili |
| Preceded by | Zurab Zhvania |
| Succeeded by | Lado Gurgenidze |
| Minister of Finance | |
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In office 2000–2002 |
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| President | Eduard Shevardnadze |
| Prime Minister | Zurab Zhvania |
| Member of Parliament | |
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In office 1992–2000 |
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| President | Eduard Shevardnadze |
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| Born | Kobuleti, Adjaria, Georgia |
| Nationality | Georgian |
| Political party | None |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Physicist |
| Religion | Church of Georgia |
Zurab Noghaideli (Georgian: ზურაბ ნოღაიდელი) (born 22 October 1964) is a Georgian businessman and a politician who served as the Prime Minister of Georgia from February 2005 until he resigned, citing health problems, on 16 November 2007. In December 2008, Noghaideli withdrew into opposition, setting up the Movement for Fair Georgia party.
Born in Kobuleti, Ajaria, Georgia, Noghaideli graduated from the Moscow State University with a diploma in Physics in 1988. Before entering into national politics, he worked for the Institute of Geography of the Georgian Academy of Sciences between 1988-1992. In 1989-1990, he was also trained at the Institute of Geology of the Academy of Sciences of Estonia.
He started his political career together with his friend, Zurab Zhvania, in the Green Party of Georgia in early 1990s. Noghaideli became a deputy in the Parliament of Georgia in 1992, elected following the overthrow of President Zviad Gamsakhurdia, and chaired the Parliamentary Committee on Environment Protection and Natural Resources during 1992-1995. He was again member of the successor Parliaments in 1995-1999 and 1999–2000, when he chaired the Parliamentary Tax and Income Committee.
He joined the government of Eduard Shevardnadze in the capacity of Minister of Finance in May 2000. During these years, he was considered a member of a political team of young reformists headed by Zurab Zhvania and Mikheil Saakashvili and proved to be quite an effective minister.
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