Politicians from Georgia

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 34. Chapters: Badri Patarkatsishvili, Ilia Chavchavadze, Grigory Ordzhonikidze, Shalva Maglakelidze, Givi Amilakhvari, Kakha Bendukidze, Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani, Abdurrahim bey Hagverdiyev, Irakli Bagration of Mukhrani, Igor Giorgadze, Niko Nikoladze, Besiki, Jaba Ioseliani, List of leaders of Georgia, Alexander, son of Bakar of Georgia, Guram Gabiskiria, Gela Charkviani, Ramaz Nikolaishvili, Parsadan Gorgijanidze, Khatuna Kalmaxelidze, Ioseb Iremashvili, Garsevan Chavchavadze, Nikolay Chkheidze, Mirza Davitaia, David Bagrationi, David Devdariani, Giorgi Khachidze, Irakli Kovzanadze, John Khetsuriani, Levan of Kartli, Merab Kostava, Alexander Khatisyan, Vladimir Vardzelashvili, Alexander Amilakhvari, Alexander, son of Jesse of Kartli, Kita Abashidze, David Orbeliani, Nikoloz Cholokashvili, Shalva Aleksi-Meskhishvili, Levan Ramishvili, Qutlu Arslan, Shanshe, Duke of the Ksani, Giorgi Khimshiashvili, Vladimir Darchiashvili, Varlam Gelovani, Ivane Abazasdze, Gia Natsvlishvili, Gubaz Sanikidze, Raul Eshba, Selim Khimshiashvili, Simon Chiabrishvili. Excerpt: Arkady "Badri" Patarkatsishvili (Georgian: October 31, 1955, Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union - February 12, 2008, Leatherhead, Surrey, United Kingdom) was a wealthy Georgian businessman, who was also extensively involved in politics. He contested the 2008 Georgian presidential election and came third with 7.1% of the votes. Although his first name was Arkady, he was best-known by the nickname "Badri." Born in Tbilisi to a Jewish family, Patarkatsishvili's membership of the Soviet Communist party's youth wing, the Komsomol, gave him contacts he found useful later. Between 1994 and 2001, he lived in Moscow. To avoid prosecution on charges of alleged fraud in Russia, he moved to Tbilisi. (Patarkatsishvili's business activities had made him the richest man in Georgia with an estima...