Koba Subeliani () (born 3 October 1979) is a
Georgian politician who served as the
Minister for Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Accommodation and Refugees of Georgia from 2008 to 2012.
Early years
Subeliani was born on 3 October 1979 in
Sachkhere,
Georgia. From 1995 until 1999, he attended Tbilisi Theological Seminary, from 1999 through 2004, he studied at Tbilisi Theological Academy. Starting from 1998, he worked as Assistant Head of Foreign Relations Department of the Patriarchate of the
Georgian Orthodox Church
The Apostolic Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს სამოციქულო ავტოკეფალური მართლმადიდებელი ეკლესია, tr), commonly ...
. He left the organization in 2004, when he was hired by the Ministry of Defense of Georgia.
Political career
Subeliani served as the Assistant First Deputy
Minister of Defense of Georgia
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until October 2004, when he was appointed Executive Director of the
Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti
Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti (Georgian: სამეგრელო-ზემო სვანეთი) is a region (Mkhare) in western Georgia with a population of 308,358 (2021) and a surface of . The region has Zugdidi as its administrative center, w ...
Governor's Foundation. In May 2005, he was appointed Head of Maintenance and Logistics Services of the Administration of the
President of Georgia
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, a post he held until August 2005. He then worked as the Head of Communal and Public Utility Services of Tbilisi. In November 2007, he was appointed Minister of Refugees and Accommodation of Georgia but left his post in April 2008 to become a member of the
Georgian Parliament
The Parliament of Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს პარლამენტი, tr) is the supreme national legislature of Georgia. It is a unicameral parliament, currently consisting of 150 members; of these, 120 are proportio ...
,
[ where he served until 29 October 2008 when he was re-appointed to the post of the Minister of Refugees and Accommodation of Georgia. In summer of 2010, the ministry was officially renamed to ''Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Accommodation and Refugees''.][
There have been allegations from the New Rights group on Subeliani being involved in corruption schemes and appropriation of state funds. Jondi Bagaturiya of the opposition party Kartuli Dasi had pledged to achieve impeachment of the minister on grounds of appropriation of government funds. The impeachment proposal was put forth in the Georgian Parliament, where on 25 March 2011, 70 out of 81 voted against the motion, leaving Subeliani in his post.][
]
See also
*List of Georgians
This is a list of notable Georgians.
Leaders and politicians
* Pharnavaz I of Iberia, Pharnavaz I, King of Iberia from 302 to 237 BC
* Vakhtang I of Iberia, Vakhtang I Gorgasali, King of Iberia from 447/449–502/522
* David the Builder (1073– ...
*Cabinet of Georgia
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References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Subeliani, Koba
1979 births
Living people
Politicians from Tbilisi