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Georgia, Azerbaijan and Turkey in November 1999. Between 1999 and 2000, Chkhartishvili oversaw economic improvements with the high inflation rate of 19% reduced to 4.1% and the population living below the poverty line falling from 60% in 1999 to 54%
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Vano
Chkhartishvili has been awarded for his contribution to the strengthening of Orthodoxy in Georgian emigration and support of the Georgian Church in England. This award is the highest order of the eparchy and was awarded to Chkhartishvili by the Archbishop of Great Britain and Ireland in 2012.
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Council of Europe's Committee on Economic Affairs and Development to pursue 'a vision that combines economic growth and social protection in the new economic world' and a further resolution to improve support for prudent financial management to
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September 2001, Chkhartishvili voiced concerns about corruption and urged an increase in the country's budget. He highlighted that the average Georgian businessman was paying 233 lari ($ 115) in bribes every month. Chkhartishvili was involved in a bitter dispute with the Minister of Justice,
341:). In June 2001, Chkhartishvili brought to fruition a project to develop a joint Georgian-Italian leasing company to assist in nurturing small and medium enterprises in Georgia. Chkhartishvili secured an initial investment of $ 350,000 from BNL Bank of Italy and other Italian investors.
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against
Chkhartishvili seeking to claim ownership of shares over the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan ('SOCAR'), and Petro-Trans FZCO ('Petro-Trans') that he had owned since 2006. The court emphatically found in favour of judgement of Chkhartishvili and dismissed the claims by stating
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In June 2002, Chkhartishvili successfully sued officials who had made allegations of corruption against him. The
Supreme Court of Georgia positively ruled in his favour to exonerate him of the allegations. He refused any financial compensation and accepted the apology.
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The
Georgian Parliament in December 2004, after an investigation found the previous Government of Georgia responsible for the devaluation of deposits that affected some savers in the country and pointedly cleared Chkhartishvili of any responsibility.
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Vano is married to (Nana Gotua) and has two children, His son
Mikheil Chkhartishvili studied at Regents College on Business and Management and is part of the TMN investments group) and Natia Chkhartishvili (Director of TMN Investments).
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in 2001. In April 2000, Chkhartishvili was part of the
Georgian delegation that travelled to Moscow to successfully negotiate a resumption of gas supplies to Georgia after they had been cut by Itera, the Russian gas company.
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In July 2012, Chkhartishvili announced he was suing figures in the Georgian Government for allegedly misappropriating the broadcast media company Mze TV from him in 2005.
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avoid the 'collapse' of the Council of Europe. In his final parliamentary year in 2008, he backed the Council of Europe's budget of 'additional resources allocated to the
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From 2004 to 2008, he was a Member of the Georgian Parliament. Following the election, he was elected Chairman of the parliamentary caucus, the Independent Majoritarians.
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in meetings between September 1999 and January 2000 for ongoing support to reform the economy. He was part of the economic team to oversee the completion of the
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Businessman (Financial Services, Construction, Energy, Media), Founder of Media House Georgia, Owner of Mzera Television and TMN Investments, Former Politician
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In 1999 Chkhartishvili was appointed the Deputy of State, a ministerial position he held for a year in which he played a key role in negotiating with the
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and is a doctor of Economic Science. During his time as an undergraduate he spent eighteen months in the army undertaking national service.
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in Georgia on 30 January 1964. In 1987 he graduated from
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