Alexander "Kakha" Lomaia (Georgian: ალექსანდრე [კახა] ლომაია) (born 1963) is a Georgian politician, diplomat and statesman, serving as Permanent Representative of Georgia to the United Nations from January 2009 to October 2012.[1] As a Permanent Representative, Lomaia established diplomatic relationships with over 50 countries. His prior appointments in the government of Georgia included Minister of Education and Science and Secretary of the National Security Council of Georgia.
Alexander Lomaia | |
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| ალექსანდრე ლომაია | |
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| Ambassador of Georgia to The United Nations | |
| In office January 1, 2009 – October 27, 2012 | |
| President | Mikheil Saakashvili |
| Succeeded by | Kakha Imnadze |
| Minister of Education and Science | |
| In office 2004–2007 | |
| Secretary of the National Security Council of Georgia | |
| In office November 2007-December 2008 | |
| Ambassador of Georgia to Russia | |
| In office 1991 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 27, 1963 Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Education | Moscow Civil Engineering Institute (doctorate) |
| Awards |  |
Professional career edit
Lomaia briefly served as the Ambassador of Georgia to Russia in 1991. From 1993 to 1995 he was the Secretary General of the Georgian Christian-Democratic Union. Between 1995 and 2002, he worked for the Georgia Office of the Eurasia Foundation, first as a Programme Officer and then as Country Director. Later, he served as a Regional Director for the Democracy Coalition Project in the territories of the former Soviet Union, based in Tbilisi, from 2002 to 2003. From 2003 to 2004 he was the executive director of the Open Society Georgia Foundation (Soros Foundation).[2]
Lomaia played a prominent role in the peaceful Rose Revolution which ousted President of Georgia Eduard Shevardnadze in November 2003. He was appointed the Minister of Education and Science in the new government of President Mikheil Saakashvili and spearheaded a large-scale reform which eradicated corruption from the university enrollment process.[3][4] In 2007, he became the Secretary of the National Security Council[5] and was one of the key figures of the Russo-Georgian War.[6][7] I.[8][9][10] In 2011, Mikheil Saakashvili awarded Lomaia St. George's Order of Victory for his exceptional role in the nation-building process and diplomatic success of Georgia. [11]
Education edit
Lomaia earned a master of science degree at the Georgian Polytechnic Institute in 1985 with a specialty in hydraulic engineering. Lomaia continued his postgraduate studies at the Moscow Civil Engineering Institute, where In 1992 he successfully defended his doctoral thesis on the topic of "Investigation of the dynamic characteristics of massive power plants" and was awarded Doctor of Philosophy degree in Hydropower Engineering. [12] [13]
References edit
- ^ "Aleksandre Lomaia Resigns". Georgianjournal.ge. October 27, 2012. Archived from the original on September 29, 2019. Retrieved September 30, 2019.
- ^ "He's 88 Years Old, And Apparently A Threat To Everything On The Right". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved 2019-07-20.
- ^ "Georgia purges education system". BBC. 2005-07-29. Retrieved 2016-01-29.
- ^ Engvall, Christofer Berglund, Johan. "How Georgia Stamped Out Corruption on Campus". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 2019-07-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Kakha Lomaia | Bloomberg Profiles". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2019-07-20.
- ^ "Alexander Lomaia". Public Radio International. Retrieved 2019-07-20.
- ^ "Russian warplanes target Georgia - CNN.com". edition.cnn.com. Retrieved 2019-07-20.
- ^ "Russian Troops Leave Western Georgia". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2019-07-20.
- ^ "Tense stand-off in disputed Georgia village". Reuters. 2008-08-25. Retrieved 2019-07-20.
- ^ "Georgia conflict: Russians pull out of Gori". Daily Telegraph. 2008-08-22. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2019-07-20.
- ^ "State Awards Issued by Georgian Presidents in 2003-2015".
- ^ "Tabula".
- ^ "NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF GEORGIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS".
External links edit
- Alexander Lomaia.
- After the Rose Revolution Alexander Lomaia, gave up position at George Soros’ Open Society Georgia Foundation to become Minister of Education and Science and later Secretary of the Georgia's Security Council. (source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardminiter/2011/09/09/should-george-soros-be-allowed-to-buy-u-s-foreign-policy/)
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