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GEORGIA HAS FIRST WOMAN PROSECUTOR AMONG FORMER SOVIET NATIONS
ARMENPRESS
Jan 31, 2008
TBILISI, JANUARY 31, ARMENPRESS: With 144 votes to 0 the parliament
of the former Soviet republic of Georgia has approved today Eka
Tkeshelashvili, a thirty-year-old ex-justice minister, as new
prosecutor-general.
Tkeshelashvili, the first-ever female in former Soviet republic, to
become prosecutor-general, has replaced Zurab Adeishvili. Adeishvili,
a highly influential figure in president Saakashvili's inner circle,
will now become chief of the presidential administration.
Tkeshelashvili served as minister of justice since September,
2007 and was a chairperson of the government's inter-agency group
which was set up to act as a rapid reaction mechanism to violations
during the election campaign and on the polling day on the January
5 presidential election.
She holds a diploma in international law from Tbilisi State University
and an LLM from the University of Notre Dame in the United States.
Georgian media quoted Saakashvili as saying last week that the decision
on replacing Adeishvili with Tkeshelashvili was done to "humanize"
the office.
"This change is not simply a staff reshuffle. It shows the need to
revise many approaches, and while preserving good tendencies, the
need to humanize this field. We need closer contact with the public,"
Saakashvili said.
ARMENPRESS
Jan 31, 2008
TBILISI, JANUARY 31, ARMENPRESS: With 144 votes to 0 the parliament
of the former Soviet republic of Georgia has approved today Eka
Tkeshelashvili, a thirty-year-old ex-justice minister, as new
prosecutor-general.
Tkeshelashvili, the first-ever female in former Soviet republic, to
become prosecutor-general, has replaced Zurab Adeishvili. Adeishvili,
a highly influential figure in president Saakashvili's inner circle,
will now become chief of the presidential administration.
Tkeshelashvili served as minister of justice since September,
2007 and was a chairperson of the government's inter-agency group
which was set up to act as a rapid reaction mechanism to violations
during the election campaign and on the polling day on the January
5 presidential election.
She holds a diploma in international law from Tbilisi State University
and an LLM from the University of Notre Dame in the United States.
Georgian media quoted Saakashvili as saying last week that the decision
on replacing Adeishvili with Tkeshelashvili was done to "humanize"
the office.
"This change is not simply a staff reshuffle. It shows the need to
revise many approaches, and while preserving good tendencies, the
need to humanize this field. We need closer contact with the public,"
Saakashvili said.