Grigol Mgaloblishvili ( ka, გრიგოლ მგალობლიშვილი, ; born 7 October 1973) is a Georgian politician and

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who has been Georgia's Permanent Representative to

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since 26 June 2009. He briefly served as the

Prime Minister of Georgia The prime minister of Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს პრემიერ-მინისტრი, tr) is the head of government and chief executive of Georgia. In Georgia, the president is a ceremonial head of state and mai ...

from 1 November 2008 to 6 February 2009.New Ambassadors to NATO, Armenia Approved
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''. 26 June 2009

Early life

Grigol Mgaloblishvili was born in

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, the capital of the then-

Soviet Georgia The Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (Georgian SSR; ka, საქართველოს საბჭოთა სოციალისტური რესპუბლიკა, tr; russian: Грузинская Советская Соц� ...

, to an academic famil

He served as the Georgian Ambassador to

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until 27 October 2008 when President

Mikheil Saakashvili Mikheil Saakashvili ( ka, მიხეილ სააკაშვილი ; uk, Міхеіл Саакашвілі ; born 21 December 1967) is a Georgian and Ukrainian politician and jurist.

proposed him for the position of the

to the Parliament of Georgia. Besides his native Georgian, he speaks English, Turkish, Russian and German.Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia. Mission of Georgia to NATO: Biography of Head of Mission Grigol Mgaloblishvili. 2011-04-10. ( RL:http://nato.mfa.gov.ge/index.php?lang_id=ENG&sec_id=164. Accessed: 2011-04-10.
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Prime minister

Mgaloblishvili was approved as the Prime Minister on 1 November 2008. In December 2008, Russian media widely picked up a report by Georgia's

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''Alia'' claiming that an incident occurred between Mgaloblishvili and Saakashvili in which the latter allegedly punched Mgaloblishvili and threw a telephone at him. The story did not explain what provoked the president. Shortly afterwards, Mgaloblishvili left for

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for a medical examination. Returning to Georgia, he called the "hype and rumors" ridiculous. President Saakashvili also responded to the rumors, saying that after Mgaloblishvili's return "Russian will calm down and focus more on global issues." On 30 January 2009, during a press conference, Mgaloblishvili announced his resignation citing health problems and saying that he had suggested the President to consider nominating Nika Gilauri, the finance minister and first vice premier, for the prime minister's position.PM Mgaloblishvili Resigns
''Civil Georgia''. 30 January 2009

Ambassador to NATO

On 26 June 2009, Mgaloblishvili was approved by the Parliament of Georgia as the country's Permanent Representative to

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