Nika Gilauri

Zurabis Nikoloz (Nika) Gilauri ( Georgian : ნიკოლოზ [ნიკა] გილაური) ( Tbilisi , February 14 1975 ) is a Georgian politician . Since February 6, 2009 he was Prime Minister of Georgia.

Gilauri graduate of International Economic Relations (at the Tbilisi State University ) and Economics (at the University of Limerick ), then a Master's degree in International Business Management followed at Temple University in Philadelphia. From 1999 to 2003 he worked as a financial consultant for several companies. In 2003 and 2004 he was employed by ESB Ireland .

After the Rose Revolution Gilauri was appointed on February 17, 2004 as Minister of Energy. In this capacity he had to endure criticism as of December 2004 and February 2005 the current repeatedly failed in Georgia. On September 7, 2007 he left his ministry for that of Finance. In December 2008 he became Deputy Prime Minister. In 2009 appointed President Mikheil Saakashvili him to succeed Grigol Mgaloblishvili . The Parliament of Georgia approved his appointment well with a vote of confidence.