Gigi Tsereteli

Gigi Tsereteli
Gigi Tsereteli
გიგი წერეთელი
	Tsereteli in 2017
president of Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
	In office; 2017–2020
Member of the Parliament of Georgia
	In office; 1999–2020
Minister of Health, Labour and Social Affairs of Georgia
	In office; 2004–2005
Member of the Tbilisi City Assembly
	In office; October 1998 – November 1999
Governor of Tbilisi Vake District
	In office; 1995–1996
Personal details
Born	23 February 1964 (age 60); Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Political party	European Georgia
Alma mater	Tbilisi State Medical University

George "Gigi" Tsereteli (born 23 February 1964) is a member and former vice-speaker of the Parliament of Georgia and the president of Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.^[1]

Education

1970–1977: Tbilisi N8 Musical School
1970–1980: Tbilisi N55 Secondary School
1980–1986: State Medical University, School of Medicine
1986 - 1987: Tbilisi Central Republican Hospital - internship
1987–1989: Institute of the Clinical and Experimental Neurology, residency – MD (neurologist)
1995 - 2000: Tbilisi State University, School of Law - LLM
2005 - Boston University School of Public Health, economics and financing for international health - certificate

1989 – 1993: Hospital of the Clinical and Experimental Neurology, neurologist, MD
1993– 1995: Private business
1995 – 1996: Governor of Tbilisi Vake District
April 1995 – October 1995: Tbilisi Municipality, first deputy chairman of the Department of Social Affairs
1996–1998: Tbilisi Municipality, vice-mayor
October 1998 - November 1999: member of Tbilisi City Council, chairman of the majority faction
November 1999 – February 2000: MP, V Parliament of Georgia, chairman of the Committee on Regional Policy and Self-Governance
February 2000 – January 2004: deputy chairman of the Parliament of Georgia
November 2003 – January 2004: acting chairman of the Parliament of Georgia
February 2004- 2005: Minister of Labor, Health and Social Protection of Georgia - Deputy prime minister
2004 - 2008: MP, VI Parliament of Georgia, Member of Parliament of Georgia (Mtatsminda N1 constituency), Parliament of Georgia Committee on Healthcare and Social Issues - chairman
2008 - 2012: MP, VII Parliament of Georgia, deputy chairman
2009 - 2011: European Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development - vice-president
2011 - 2013: European Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development- president
2012 to present: Vice-president, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
2012-to present: MP, VIII Parliament of Georgia. Vice-chairman, Committee on Healthcare and Social Affairs. Foreign Affairs Committee member
2017 - 2020: President, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly

Member - Executive Political Board of the European Georgia — Movement for Liberty party
Chairman - European Georgia Political board
Member - Delegation to the OSCE parliamentary assembly
President - EPP and Likeminded Group in the OSCE parliamentary assembly
Member - European Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development
Member - USA caucus in the Parliament of Georgia
Member - Friendship Group with the Parliament of Sweden

Married, with two children.

^ "Georgia to sever ties with Russia". NBC News. 29 August 2008. Retrieved 27 March 2011.