Alexander "Kakha" Lomaia ( ka, ალექსანდრე ��ახალომაია) (born 1963) is a Georgian

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and

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, serving as Permanent Representative of Georgia to the

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from January 2009 to October 2012. 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

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Professional career

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 Open Society Foundations (OSF), formerly the Open Society Institute, is an American grantmaking network founded by business magnate George Soros. Open Society Foundations financially supports civil society groups around the world, with the st ...

). Lomaia played a prominent role in the peaceful

Rose Revolution The Rose Revolution or Revolution of Roses ( ka, ვარდების რევოლუცია, tr) was a nonviolent change of power that occurred in Georgia in November 2003. The event was brought about by widespread protests over the ...

which ousted

President of Georgia The president of Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს პრეზიდენტი, tr) is the ceremonial head of state of Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U ...

Eduard Shevardnadze Eduard Ambrosis dze Shevardnadze ( ka, ედუარდ ამბროსის ძე შევარდნაძე; 25 January 1928 – 7 July 2014) was a Soviet and Georgian politician and diplomat who governed Georgia (country), Georgi ...

in November 2003. He was appointed the Minister of Education and Science in the new government of President

Mikheil Saakashvili Mikheil "Misha" Saakashvili (born 21 December 1967) is a Georgian and Ukrainian politician and jurist. He was the third president of Georgia for two consecutive terms from 25 January 2004 to 17 November 2013. He is the founder and former chair ...

and spearheaded a large-scale reform which eradicated corruption from the university enrollment process. In 2007, he became the Secretary of the National Security Council and was one of the key figures of the

Russo-Georgian War The August 2008 Russo-Georgian War, also known as the Russian invasion of Georgia,Occasionally, the war is also referred to by other names, such as the Five-Day War and August War. was a war waged against Georgia by the Russian Federation and the ...

. In 2011,

awarded Lomaia St. George's Order of Victory for his exceptional role in the nation-building process and diplomatic success of Georgia.

Education

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.

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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/) Living people Diplomats for Georgia (country) Education ministers of Georgia Permanent representatives of Georgia (country) to the United Nations Government ministers of Georgia (country) 1963 births Ambassadors of Georgia (country) to Russia Place of birth missing (living people) Recipients of St. George's Order of Victory {{Georgia-politician-stub