Avtandil Jorbenadze

Avtandil Jorbenadze (Georgian: ავთანდილ ჯორბენაძე; 23 February 1951 – 17 May 2024) was a Georgian politician who was a State Minister.

Avtandil Jorbenadze
ავთანდილ ჯორბენაძე
State Minister of Georgia
In office 21 December 2001 – 25 November 2003
President	Eduard Shevardnadze Nino Burjanadze (acting)
Preceded by	Giorgi Arsenishvili
Succeeded by	Zurab Zhvania
Minister of Health and Social Affairs
In office 19 October 1993 – 22 December 2001
President	Eduard Shevardnadze
Deputy Minister of Health and Social Affairs
In office 8 January 1993 – 26 March 1993
Minister	Irakli Menagharishvili
Personal details
Born	(1951-02-23)23 February 1951 Chibati, Lanchkhuti District, Georgian SSR, USSR
Died	17 May 2024(2024-05-17) (aged 73)
Children	2
Alma mater	Tbilisi State Medical University
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Before entering politics, Jorbenadze worked as a doctor; in this capacity, in 1992 he was called to take up the post of deputy minister of health.^{[citation needed]} He left the cabinet briefly the following year, but soon rejoined it as health minister.^[1] In 1999, he was given the responsibility for social security, and the next year that for labour.^[2] When President Shevardnadze dismissed his cabinet, in the aftermath of a controversial storming of a television station by security agents,^[3] Jorbenadze was appointed head of the cabinet in December 2001.^[2] He resigned his position during the November 2003 Rose Revolution. In 2011, he became the chairman of the supervisory board for Chapidze Emergency Cardiology Center in Tbilisi.

Jorbenadze died on 17 May 2024, at the age of 73.^[4]

References

• East, R. and Thomas, R. (2003). Profiles of People in Power:The World's Government Leaders, page 190. Routledge. ISBN 1-85743-126-X, 9781857431261.

Notes

1. "Military reverse for Gamsakhurdia rebels". Keesing's Record of World Events. 39: 39695. October 1993.
2. "Georgian Parliament endorses Jorbenadze's appointment as minister of state". Iprinda news agency. 22 December 2001.
3. Wines, Michael (2 November 2001). "TV Station Raid in Georgia Leads to Protests and Cabinet's Ouster". The New York Times.
4. ავთანდილ ჯორბენაძე 73 წლის ასაკში გარდაიცვალა (in Georgian)