Salome Zourabichvili სალომე ზურაბიშვილი | |
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![]() Zourabichvili in 2019 | |
5th President of Georgia | |
Assumed office 16 December 2018 | |
Prime Minister | Mamuka Bakhtadze Giorgi Gakharia Irakli Garibashvili |
Preceded by | Giorgi Margvelashvili |
Member of Parliament | |
In office 30 October 2016 – 22 December 2018 | |
UN Security Council Iran Sanctions Committee | |
In office 11 November 2010 – 10 October 2013 | |
Secretary General | Ban Ki-moon (UN) |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 20 March 2004 – 19 October 2005 | |
President | Mikheil Saakashvili |
Preceded by | Tedo Japaridze |
Succeeded by | Gela Bezhuashvili |
Personal details | |
Born | Paris, France | 18 March 1952
Political party | Independent (2011-present) The Way of Georgia (2006-2011)[1] |
Spouse(s) | Nikoloz Gorjestani Janri Kashia (1993 - 2012 d.) |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | Sciences Po Columbia University |
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Salome Zourabichvili (Georgian: სალომე ზურაბიშვილი; born 18 March 1952) is a French-born Georgian politician.[2] She is the 5th President of Georgia since 16 December 2018.
She was an Independent MP in the Parliament of Georgia from 2016 until her election as President in 2018.
From 2003 till 2004 she was ambassador of France to Georgia.