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Salome Zourabichvili
სალომე ზურაბიშვილი
Zourabichvili in 2024
5th President of Georgia
In office
16 December 2018 – 29 December 2024 (disputed)[a]
Prime MinisterMamuka Bakhtadze
Giorgi Gakharia
Irakli Garibashvili
Irakli Kobakhidze
Preceded byGiorgi Margvelashvili
Succeeded byMikheil Kavelashvili
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
20 March 2004 – 18 October 2005
PresidentMikheil Saakashvili
Preceded byTedo Japaridze
Succeeded byGela Bezhuashvili
Leader of The Way of Georgia
In office
11 March 2006 – 12 November 2010
Preceded byParty established
Succeeded byKakha Seturidze
Member of the Parliament of Georgia
In office
18 November 2016 – 22 December 2018
Preceded byZaza Papuashvili
Succeeded byLado Kakhadze
Parliamentary groupIndependent
ConstituencyMtatsminda
Ambassador of France to Georgia
In office
11 September 2003 – 20 March 2004
PresidentJacques Chirac
Preceded byMireille Musso
Succeeded byPhilippe Lefort
Personal details
Born
Salomé Zourabichvili

(1952-03-18) 18 March 1952 (age 72)
Paris, France
CitizenshipFrance (1952–2018)
Georgia (2004–present)
Political partyWay of Georgia
(2006–2011)[1]
Independent (2011–present)
Spouse(s)
  • Nicolas Gorjestani
    (m. 1981; div. 1992)
  • Janri Kashia
    (m. 1993; died 2012)
Children2
RelativesNiko Nikoladze (great-grandfather)
Hélène Carrère d'Encausse (cousin)
Nicolas Zourabichvili (cousin)
EducationSciences Po
Columbia University
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Salome Zourabichvili (Georgian: სალომე ზურაბიშვილი; born 18 March 1952) is a French-born Georgian politician.[2] She was the 5th President of Georgia from 2018 to 2024.

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.

  1. The presidency has been disputed between Zourabichvili and Mikheil Kavelashvili since 29 December 2024. While her term ended on that date, Zourabichvili and her supporters assert that she continues to be the legitimate president of Georgia until new elections are held.

References

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  1. "Presidential Candidate Apologizes for Unethical Address to Reporters". Georgia Today on the Web. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  2. What promise is there for Zurabishvili election campaign of no promises? Paul Rimple, Eurasia Insight, 29 September 2006 Archived 12 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine.Accessed: 29 January 2010.

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