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    Ivane "Vano" Merabishvili (Georgian: ივანე "ვანო" მერაბიშვილი; born 15 April 1968) is a Georgian politician and 9th Prime Minister of Georgia from 4 July...
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  • may refer to: Robert Vano (born 1948), Slovak photographer Tom Vano (born 1970), American field hockey player Vano Merabishvili (born 1968), Georgian...
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    time, Ivanishvili was allegedly close to Georgian Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili, while Saakashvili allegedly remained more sceptical of him. However...
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  • embezzlement to abuse of power and torture. Former Prime Minister Vano Merabishvili, governor of Kakheti Zurab Tchiaberashvili, and Head of the Penitentiary...
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    Ivanishvili would not debate prime minister Vano Merabishvili and would meet only Mikheil Saakashvili, saying: "I respect Vano, but [debates with him] will not work”...
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  • wife of the then-Interior Minister and subsequent prime minister, Vano Merabishvili, was in attendance, and by chance happened to be a friend of Girgvliani's...
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  • Saakashvili demanded a complete overhaul of the prison system and commanded Vano Merabishvili to immediately enter all prisons with patrol police. "There must be...
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    incident, live on Rustavi-2 television, Georgia's Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili said there was no reason to suspect foul play.[full citation needed]...
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    in the party when it was in power, namely Davit Kezerashvili and Vano Merabishvili, of plotting against him and backing Khabeishvili in an attempt to...
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    admitted to having an affair with Bagrationi. Georgian Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili alleged in an interview published by Russian newspaper Kommersant...
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    embezzlement to abuse of power and torture. Former Prime Minister Vano Merabishvili, governor of Kakheti Zurab Tchiaberashvili, and Head of the Penitentiary...
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    eventually became the Ministry of Internal Affairs under the powerful Vano Merabishvili. Holding the position from 2004 to 2005, she oversaw some of the most...
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    military and police officials and that Georgia's Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili had ordered police to beat protesters, "mainly in the kidneys and...
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    Georgia, claimed he had evidence that then Georgia's Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili had ordered police to beat protesters, "mainly in the kidneys and...
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    hardliners in the Georgian government, such as Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili, who stated openly that NATO membership would allow Georgia to open...
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    until after the rally. On 18 July 2005, Georgia's Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili issued photos of an unidentified suspect and announced a reward of...
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    Revolution" at least two Georgian officials (Mikheil Saakashvili and Vano Merabishvili) received Fort-12N pistols  Kazakhstan: Fort-12T, Fort-12TM, Fort-12R...
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    ministry's elite security division and were closely connected to Vano Merabishvili, the interior minister and widely seen as Saakashvili's closest political...
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    the 2011 protests. On February 27, 2014, former Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili was found guilty by the Tbilisi City Court of exceeding official powers...
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    manifestation against the government and "neutralizing" the Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili. Patarkatsishvili confirmed that he met with Kodua in London, but...
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    Mikheil Saakashvili Preceded by Grigol Mgaloblishvili Succeeded by Vano Merabishvili First Deputy Prime Minister of Georgia In office December 2008 – 6...
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    philosopher. Michel Tamarati, Georgian Roman Catholic priest and historian. Vano Merabishvili, Georgian politician and former Prime Minister of Georgia from 4 July...
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    for final approval. Gurgenidze changed most ministers, leaving Ivane Merabishvili, controversial Minister for Home Affairs, Defence Minister Davit Kezerashvili...
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    Davit Kezerashvili Zaza Gogava David Nairashvili Mamuka Kurashvili Vano Merabishvili Alexandre Lomaia Strength Russian Armed Forces In South Ossetia: 58th...
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    invitation of the then-Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia, Ivane Merabishvili, Zguladze, then 27 years old, became First Deputy Minister of Internal...
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  • assisted by a few powerful officials (including Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili, Justice Minister Zurab Adeishvili, and Defense Minister Davit Kezerashvili)...
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    Independent — Gilauri 9 Vano Merabishvili (born 1968) 4 July 2012 25 October 2012 113 days United National Movement — Merabishvili 10 Bidzina Ivanishvili...
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  • did not leave their homes. Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia Vano Merabishvili announced that the special forces would be deployed near the administrative...
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    were reported. On the next day, August 30, Georgian Prime Minister Vano Merabishvili, who has established an anti-crisis headquarters and held a meeting...
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    cooperating with Russian intelligence services, Georgian Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili said on 27 September [...] He said that two Russian intelligence operatives...
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