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Irakli Okruashvili
Irakli Okruashvili | |
|---|---|
 Okruashvili in 2005 | |
| Chairman of Victorious Georgia | |
| Assumed office June 2019 | |
| Preceded by | position established |
| Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development | |
| In office November 10, 2006 – November 17, 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Irakli Chogovadze |
| Succeeded by | Giorgi Arveladze |
| Minister of Defense of Georgia | |
| In office December 17, 2004 – November 10, 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Giorgi Baramidze |
| Succeeded by | Davit Kezerashvili |
| Minister of the Interior of Georgia | |
| In office June 7, 2004 – December 17, 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Giorgi Baramidze |
| Succeeded by | Ivane Merabishvili |
| Prosecutor General of Georgia | |
| In office January 14, 2004 – June 7, 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Nugzar Gabrichidze |
| Succeeded by | Zurab Adeishvili |
| Governor of Shida Kartli | |
| In office December 2, 2003 – January 14, 2004 | |
| Member of the Tbilisi City Assembly | |
| In office 2002 – November 2003 | |
| Deputy Minister of Justice | |
| In office 2000–2001 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 6, 1973 Tskhinvali, South Ossetian AO, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Victorious Georgia (2019–present) Movement for United Georgia (2007–2010) United National Movement (until 2006) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Ukraine |
| Branch/service |  International Legion of Territorial Defense of Ukraine |
| Years of service | 2022–present |
| Battles/wars | |
Irakli Okruashvili (Georgian: ირაკლი ოქრუაშვილი) (born November 6, 1973) is a Georgian politician who had served on various high-ranking posts in the Government of Georgia under President Mikheil Saakashvili, including being the Minister of Defense from December 2004 until being dismissed in November 2006.
In September 2007, Okruashvili staged a public comeback to Georgian politics, openly confronting Mikheil Saakashvili and creating the opposition party Movement for United Georgia. On September 27, 2007, Okruashvili was briefly arrested at his party headquarters on the charges of corruption, money laundering, and abuse of office.[1] In 2007 he left Georgia and was granted political asylum in France. He was sentenced to 11-year prison term in Georgia in absentia in March 2008. In October 2010, he, remaining in France, joined Sozar Subari, Levan Gachechiladze and Erosi Kitsmarishvili in the new Georgian Party.[2]
Okruashvili was sentenced to five years in prison for allegedly participating in group violence in anti-government rallies organized in June 2019.[3] However, President Salome Zourabichvili pardoned him, alongside Gigi Ugulava, on May 15, 2020.[4]
On March 8, 2022, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence stated that Okruashvili had arrived in Ukraine, together with other Georgian volunteers, to fight against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[5]
- ^ Okruashvili Arrested[permanent dead link]. Civil Georgia. September 27, 2007.
- ^ New Opposition Party Launched. Civil Georgia. October 12, 2010
- ^ "Former Georgian Defence Minister Irakli Okruashvili given 5 years for 20 June violence". OC Media. April 13, 2020. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
- ^ "President Zurabishvili Pardons Gigi Ugulava, Irakli Okruashvili". May 15, 2020.
- ^ Georgia’s former defence minister comes to fight alongside Ukrainians, Ukrayinska Pravda (March 8, 2022)
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