Nikoloz (Nika) Vacheishvili ( ka, ნიკოლოზ ვაჩეიშვილი) (born 26 May 1968 in

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი, ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), ( ka, ტფილისი, tr ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia ( ...

) is a Georgian art scholar,

politician A politician is a person who participates in Public policy, policy-making processes, usually holding an elective position in government. Politicians represent the people, make decisions, and influence the formulation of public policy. The roles ...

and the former Minister of Culture, Heritage Preservation and Sport in the

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. He was appointed to the position after the reformation of the Cabinet by

Prime Minister A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...

Lado Gurgenidze Vladimer "Lado" Gurgenidze ( ka, ვლადიმერ ��ადოგურგენიძე; born 7 December 1970) is a Georgian career banker, business executive, and former politician, who was the sixth Prime Minister of Georgia, from 22 ...

on 30 January 2008. Vacheishvili left the position in October 2008 when the new premier

Grigol Mgaloblishvili Grigol Mgaloblishvili (; born 7 October 1973) is a Georgian politician and diplomat who has been Georgia's Permanent Representative to NATO since 26 June 2009. He briefly served as the Prime Minister of Georgia from 1 November 2008 to 6 February ...

appointed diplomat

Grigol Vashadze Grigol Vashadze ( ka, გრიგოლ ვაშაძე, also transliterated as Gregory Vashadze) (born July 19, 1958) is a Georgian politician, diplomat and a former member of the Cabinet of Georgia in the capacity of the Minister for Cultu ...

as the Culture Minister, as part of a minor reshuffle of the Cabinet. He served as Director General of the National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation of Georgia from November 2008 until his resignation on 18 January 2013.National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation of Georgia, Director General
heritagesites.ge. Retrieved 2012-01-25.

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