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Bidzina Ivanishvili
Bidzina Ivanishvili, also known as Boris Grigoryevich Ivanishvili, is a Georgian businessman, politician and oligarch. In 2012 he founded the Georgian Dream party and led it to the victory in the 2012 Georgian parliamentary election. After briefly serving as the country's Prime Minister in 2012–2013, Ivanishvili has been the de facto leader of Georgia since then through his informal influence. Sin…
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business · Georgian billionaire and politician (born 1956) · politician · businessperson · entrepreneur · economist · business oligarch · also Bidzina Ivanishvili, Bidzina G. Ivanishvili, Ivanishvili
Born 18 February 1956 · Q57794
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2026· 3 entries
“s accession to the EU and NATO would be his foreign policy priorities. He has additionally noted that”
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“s national interests in relation to Russia, but would abandon”
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2025· 1 entry
The New York Times: Bidzina Ivanishvili
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2024· 2 entries
Yahoo: Zelenskyy urges Europe to sanction pro-Russian Georgian oligarch and de facto leader Ivanishvili
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WFMZ-TV: Bidzina Ivanishvili: the tycoon ruling Georgia behind the scenes
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2023· 1 entry
Reported net worth: $1M (as of 2023).
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2020· 1 entry
Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour (2020).
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2018· 2 entries
As chairman of the ruling party, Ivanishvili again claimed to be leaving politics behind in 2021, only to stage yet another comeback in late 2023 as the honorary chairman of Georgian Dream
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Ivanishvili made a return to politics, being re-elected as the chairman of Georgian Dream on 26 April 2018
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2016· 3 entries
The Financial: Bidzina Ivanishvili: “The corruption in our country has almost been nullified even though we had elite corruption just a couple of years ago.”
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Began building the Dendrological Park in Shekvetili (Georgia's Black Sea coast), which was opened to the public in 2020
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Published “A novel multi-modal platform to image molecular and elemental alterations in ischemic stroke” in Neurobiology of Disease — cited 40 times.
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2015· 1 entry
Revealed based on public officials' asset declarations that at least 38 officials used to work for companies associated with Bidzina Ivanishvili
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2014· 1 entry
Published “Incorporating the Spine Instability Neoplastic Score into a Treatment Strategy for Spinal Metastasis: LMNOP” in Global Spine Journal — cited 41 times.
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2013· 3 entries
Armenpress: Bidzina Ivanishvili highly evaluates the potential of Armenian community
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“sexual minorities are the same citizens as we are... [and that] the society will gradually get used to it.”
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The Georgian Orthodox Church unsuccessfully lobbied the Georgian government to ban abortions, which it described as a "terrible sin" and "heinous murder", while blaming it for the "grave demographic situation" in the cou
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2012· 7 entries
Election won: 2012 parliamentary election.
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Founded the Georgian Dream party and led it to the victory in the 2012 Georgian parliamentary election
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Georgia (2012–2013).
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“concurring [opinions] about foreign policy issues”
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When he founded the Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia party and secured victory in the 2012 Georgian parliamentary election against the United National Movement party of incumbent President Mikheil Saakashvili
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Campaign: 2012 parliamentary election.
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And formally handed over a Visa Liberalisation Action Plan (VLAP) to it in February 2013
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2010· 1 entry
Forbes List of Billionaires, with a reported net worth of US$4
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2002· 1 entry
And moved to France, becoming a French citizen
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1996· 1 entry
Ivanishvili became part of Semibankirschina, a group of influential Russian bankers who supported the re-election of Boris Yeltsin as Russian president during the 1996 Russian presidential election
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1991· 1 entry
Ivanishvili married Ekaterine "Eka" Khvedelidze in October 1991.
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1990· 1 entry
Ivanishvili and Malkin established Rossiysky Kredit, now Ivanishvili's biggest holding
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1988· 1 entry
Ivanishvili turned to business
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1980· 1 entry
And in 1982, went to Moscow to pursue a PhD in economics at the Moscow State University of Railway Engineering
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1956· 1 entry
Born 1956-02-18.
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