Mikheil Saakashvili

Mikheil Saakashvili
მიხეილ სააკაშვილი
3rd President of Georgia
In office
20 January 2008 – 17 November 2013
Prime Minister
Preceded byNino Burjanadze (acting)
Succeeded byGiorgi Margvelashvili
In office
25 January 2004 – 25 November 2007
Prime Minister
Preceded byNino Burjanadze (acting)
Succeeded byNino Burjanadze (acting)
10th Governor of Odesa Oblast
In office
30 May 2015 – 9 November 2016
PresidentPetro Poroshenko
Prime Minister
Preceded byIhor Palytsia
Succeeded bySolomiia Bobrovska (acting)
Prime Minister of Georgia
Acting
In office
3 February 2005 – 17 February 2005
PresidentHimself
Preceded byZurab Zhvania
Succeeded byZurab Noghaideli
Member of the Parliament of Georgia
In office
6 November 2001 – 22 November 2002
In office
25 November 1995 – 2 March 2001
Personal details
Born (1967-12-21) 21 December 1967
Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Citizenship
  • Soviet (1967–1991)
  • Georgian (1991–2015; 2021–present)
  • Ukrainian (2015–2017; 2019–present)
  • Stateless (2017–2019)
Political partyMovement of New Forces (2017-present)
United National Movement (2001-present)
Union of Citizens of Georgia (1995-2001)
Spouse(s)Sandra E. Roelofs

Mikheil "Misha" Saakashvili (born 21 December 1967) is a Georgian-Ukrainian politician. He was the President of Georgia. As of 2020, he was head of the National Reform Council of Ukraine.

In October 2021, Mikheil Saakashvili, was arrested after returning illegally to his country, after being in exile outside Georgia since 2013. A gesture he explained by his willingness to fight alongside his compatriots in the country.

Right now, the Georgian ex-president is in jail and in a very bad position. Doctors have found that he has been poisoned and the Georgian government does not let him go to the jury.