Avtandil Jorbenadze Explained

Avtandil Jorbenadze
Native Name Lang:ka
Office:State Minister of Georgia
Term Start:21 December 2001
Term End:23 November 2003
President:Eduard Shevardnadze
Nino Burjanadze (acting)
Predecessor:Giorgi Arsenishvili
Successor:Zurab Zhvania
Office1:Minister of Health and Social Affairs
President1:Eduard Shevardnadze
Term Start1:19 October 1993
Term End1:22 December 2001
Office2:Deputy Minister of Health and Social Affairs
Term Start3:8 January 1993
Term End3:26 March 1993
Minister3:Irakli Menagharishvili
Birth Date:1951 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Chibati, Lanchkhuti District, Georgian SSR, USSR
Children:2
Alma Mater:Tbilisi State Medical University
Signature:Jorbenadze signature (vect).svg

Avtandil Jorbenadze (Georgian: ავთანდილ ჯორბენაძე; 23 February 1951 – 17 May 2024) was a Georgian politician who was a State Minister.

Before entering politics, Jorbenadze worked as a doctor; in this capacity, in 1992 he was called to take up the post of deputy minister of health. He left the cabinet briefly the following year, but soon rejoined it as health minister.[1] In 1999, he was given the responsibility for social security, and the next year that for labour. When President Shevardnadze dismissed his cabinet, in the aftermath of a controversial storming of a television station by security agents,[2] Jorbenadze was appointed head of the cabinet in December 2001.[3] He resigned his position during the November 2003 Rose Revolution. In 2011, he became the chairman of the supervisory board for Chapidze Emergency Cardiology Center in Tbilisi.

Jorbenadze died on 17 May 2024, at the age of 73.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Keesing's Record of World Events . October 1993 . Military reverse for Gamsakhurdia rebels . 39695 . 39.
  2. News: Michael . Wines . 2 November 2001 . TV Station Raid in Georgia Leads to Protests and Cabinet's Ouster . The New York Times.
  3. News: Georgian Parliament endorses Jorbenadze's appointment as minister of state. Iprinda news agency . 22 December 2001 .
  4. https://tabula.ge/en/news/718296-avtandil-jorbenadze-73-clis-asakshi-gardaitsvala ავთანდილ ჯორბენაძე 73 წლის ასაკში გარდაიცვალა