Vladimir "Lado" Vardzelashvili ( ka, ვლადიმერ ��ადოვარძელაშვილი) (born 3 August 1979) is a Georgian politician who served as the Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs of Georgia from 2010 to 2012.

Early years

Vardzelashvili was born in

Khoni Khoni ( ka, ხონი) is a town in the Western Georgian region (mkhare) of Imereti with the population of 8987 (2014 Georgia census). It is situated on the left bank of the Tskhenistkali River in the north-west of Imereti, close to the bord ...

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on 3 August 1979. He studied at a Medical College from 1994 until 1997, and then in 2002, he graduated from the University of Economics and received his Master's degree in 2005. From 2002 until 2006, Vardzelashvili went to the University of Agriculture of Georgia and in 2006-2007, he studied at the School of Political Studies. He then worked for a media company and

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name 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 p ...

Municipality Sport Civil Service. From 2003 through 2004, he headed the Georgian Youth State Department.

Political career

In 2004, Vardzelashvili was appointed Deputy Minister of Culture, Monuments Protection and Sport of Georgia. The same year, he became the leader of National Movement Organization. In 2008-2010, he was appointed Attorney General of Gori,

Kaspi Kaspi ( ka, კასპი) is a town in central Georgia on the Mtkvari River. It is a center of Kaspi district, one of the four districts in Shida Kartli region. Founded in the early Middle Ages, the town turned into possession of the Amilakhv ...

and

Khashuri Khashuri ( ka, ხაშური ) is a town in the central part of Georgia and is the 9th largest settlement in Georgia. It is the administrative centre of Khashuri Municipality. It is located on the Shida Kartli plain, on the Suramula riversi ...

municipalities. From 2010 to 2012, he was the head of the newly established Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs. Vardzelashvili is an Honorary Doctor of

Gori University Gori State Teaching University is a center for education and science in Shida Kartli in the Gori Municipality of Georgia (country), Georgia, it was established as a result of merging of two high education institutions: Gori State University and Ts ...

Academic Council. He is married to Irina Onashvili, the winner of the 2003 Miss Georgia beauty pageant.Wives in State Institutions
Humanrights.ge. Accessed June 21, 2012.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vardzelashvili, Vladimir Sportspeople from Georgia (country) 1979 births Living people People from Khoni 21st-century politicians from Georgia (country)

Early years

Political career

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