Giorgi Gomiashvili

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Giorgi (Goga) Gomiashvili (Georgian :გიორგი [გოგა] გომიაშვილი; (November 9, 1972 – August 3, 2012) was a Georgian business executive and a former diplomat, serving as Georgia's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2004 to 2005. He was found dead on August 3, 2012, of a possible suicide. [1]

Georgian language Official language of Georgia

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Career

Gomiashvili was a grandson of the notable Georgian actor Archil Gomiashvili (1926–2005). [2] A 1999 graduate of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Gomiashvili had a journalistic and diplomatic career in Georgia, working for the broadcasting company Rustavi 2 from 2002 to 2004 and then becoming Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs under the ministry of Salomé Zourabichvili in 2004. On May 21, 2005, he filed resignation and slammed the ruling United National Movement party after the Parliament of Georgia refused to approve his nomination as Georgia's ambassador to Switzerland. He stated he was intended to establish a political party, which would be in opposition to the ruling party, but not to President Mikheil Saakashvili. [3]

Archil Gomiashvili Soviet and Russian actor

Archil Mikhaylovich Gomiashvili was a Soviet Georgian theatre and film actor best known for his part of Ostap Bender in Leonid Gaidai's 1971 adaptation of Ilf and Petrov's The Twelve Chairs. In the late 1980s Gomiashvili quit the stage to become a businessman, the Ostap Bender Club owner, and philanthropist.

Rustavi 2 television station

Rustavi 2 Broadcasting Company, better known as Rustavi 2, is the most successful private television broadcasting company in Georgia. The Rustavi, based in Tbilisi, was founded in 1994 in the town of Rustavi. It is a privately owned free to air terrestrial broadcaster that currently reaches around 85% of the country's population. The area Rustavi 2 covers outside Georgia via satellite 24-hour broadcasting includes Europe, European part of Russia and the Middle East. Rustavi 2 was first to use digital hardware in Georgia, the first to go on satellite, the first to conduct live foreign transmissions and first to become an Associate member of the European Broadcasting Union. The news service of Rustavi 2 has bureaus and regional reporters in major Georgian cities, as well as the permanent correspondents in Washington D.C., Brussels, and Moscow. The independence of the channel has been questioned in recent years, with many suggesting that it's biased in favor of the former ruling party UNM.

United National Movement (Georgia) political party

United National Movement is the opposition political party in the nation of Georgia.

After his retirement from diplomatic service, Gomiashvili went into business [1] and became Executive Vice President at Toyota Caucasus LLC. [4]

Death

On August 3, 2012, Gomiashvili was found shot dead at his own apartment in Tbilisi. According to preliminary reports he committed suicide. [5]

Tbilisi Capital city in Georgia

Tbilisi, in some countries also still known by its pre-1936 international designation Tiflis, is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million people. Founded in the 5th century AD by Vakhtang I of Iberia, since then Tbilisi served as the capital of various Georgian kingdoms and republics. Between 1801 and 1917, then part of the Russian Empire, Tbilisi was the seat of the Imperial Viceroy, governing both Southern and Northern Caucasus.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Ex-Georgian foreign minister found dead at home". Kiyv Post. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  2. ↑ В Тбилиси найден мертвым бывший замминистра иностранных дел Грузии Георгий Гомиашвили. ITAR-TASS (in Russian). 3 August 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
  3. ↑ "Deputy Foreign Minister Resigns, Slams Ruling Party". Civil Georgia. 21 May 2005. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  4. ↑ "Earthquake Didn't Damage Toyota". Georgian Journal. 14 March 2011. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  5. ↑ Kirtskhalia, N. (3 August 2012). "Former deputy FM found shot dead in Tbilisi". Trend. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
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