Giorgi Maisashvili
Georgian economist
George (Gia) Maisashvili (Georgian: გიორგი [გია] მაისაშვილი) (November 24, 1962 – February 26, 2018) was a Georgian economist, human rights activist and politician. He was a presidential candidate in the Georgian presidential election of 2008. He was born in Tbilisi.
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After the Georgian Civil War and the overthrowing of the democratically elected government by Eduard Shevardnadze in 1992, Maisashvili was forced to flee the country and was granted a political asylum by the United States.[1]
Maisashvili died in Tbilisi on February 26, 2018 of colorectal cancer at the age of 55.[2]
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- ↑ List of Majoritarian MP Candidates. Civil Georgia, April 24, 2008.
- ↑ გია მაისაშვილი გარდაიცვალა Archived 2018-02-27 at the Wayback Machine (in Georgian)
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