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  David Gamkrelidze - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
David Gamkrelidze (born April 2, 1965) is the Chairman of Georgia’s Rightist Opposition, the only opposition political party to surpass the seven percent barrier necessary to enter Parliament during the March 28, 2004, elections.
However, on September 17, 2000, Gamkrelidze led 10 MP’s into forming a new parliamentary block called the New Faction, launching the process that led to the disintegration of the CUG, the political party then led by Georgia’s Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania and current President Mikheil Saakashvili which was ex-President Eduard Shevardnadze’s political base.
Active in numerous civic and voluntary organizations, Gamkrelidze is the one of the founders and Chairman of Georgia for NATO, an organization devoted to popularization of NATO membership and lobbying on behalf of needed political and military reforms.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/David_Gamkrelidze   (360 words)

  
 Axali Memarjveneebi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
David Gamkrelidze, who never was member of this party, along with other businessmen agrees to take part in the elections.
David Gamkrelidze and Levan Gachechiladze resign in sign of protest and call for creation of a committee that would investigate the budget deficit of 1999.
David Gamkrelidze was in charge of the Industrial’s and New Right’s election campaign on March 28, 2004 as well.
www.ncp.ge /en_lider_bio.php   (1130 words)

  
  David Gamkrelidze -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Gamkrelidze, a pediatrician, has had a tumultuous career as an entrepreneur and political leader.
Active in numerous civic and voluntary organizations, Gamkrelidze is the one of the founders and Chairman of Georgia for NATO, an organization devoted to popularization of (An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security) NATO membership and lobbying on behalf of needed political and military reforms.
Gamkrelidze took his MD with honors from (The capital and largest city of Georgia on the Kura river) Tbilisi State Medical Institute in 1988.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/d/da/david_gamkrelidze.htm   (275 words)

  
 EurasiaNet Eurasia Insight - Georgian Parliamentary Election Campaign
Under the scenario outlined by Gamkrelidze, pro-government forces realize they stand little chance of winning at the polls, and thus are seeking alternate ways to retain power.
Gamkrelidze, citing "information that became available to me," went on to assail Shevardnadze and "his odious entourage," alleging that they intended to curtail basic rights, muzzle the media, and possibly use the military to enforce a curfew.
Avtandil Jorbenadze, minister of state and one of Shevardnadze’s chief lieutenants, immediately dismissed Gamkrelidze’s accusation as "a sheer lie," and said it was "dangerous." Jorbenadze also denied that the government would attempt to rig the parliamentary vote, state television reported May 9.
www.eurasianet.org /departments/insight/articles/eav0052203.shtml   (856 words)

  
 EurasiaNet Q & A - “Elections Are a Real Opportunity:” A Georgian Opposition Remains
A Q&A with David Gamkrelidze conducted by Giga Chikladze: 12/09/03
Also among the opposition to the interim government is New Rights party leader David Gamkrelidze.
Amid speculation that his party might split after a poor showing in the November 2 elections, Gamkrelidze remains a critic of Saakashvili’s group.
www.eurasianet.org /departments/qanda/articles/eav121003.shtml   (861 words)

  
 Embassy Row - The Washington Times: Embassy Row   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
David Gamkrelidze, chairman of the New Rights Party, told editors and reporters at The Washington Times that the visit impressed on Georgian leaders that the United States expects free and fair parliamentary elections on Nov. 2.
Gamkrelidze, whose party is building a strong grass-roots base, is unique in Georgian politics because it is based on Western democracy, free-market economics and corruption-free government.
Gamkrelidze predicted that Russia, which still has nearly 2,000 troops in Georgia, will interfere in the election by offering campaign money to other opposition parties to continue its influence in the nation.
www.washingtontimes.com /world/20030716-094249-2315r.htm   (699 words)

  
 Embassy Row - The Washington Times: Embassy Row   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
David Gamkrelidze, chairman of the New Rights Party, told editors and reporters at The Washington Times that the visit impressed on Georgian leaders that the United States expects free and fair parliamentary elections on Nov. 2.
Gamkrelidze, whose party is building a strong grass-roots base, is unique in Georgian politics because it is based on Western democracy, free-market economics and corruption-free government.
Gamkrelidze predicted that Russia, which still has nearly 2,000 troops in Georgia, will interfere in the election by offering campaign money to other opposition parties to continue its influence in the nation.
washingtontimes.com /functions/print.php?StoryID=20030716-094249-2315r   (699 words)

  
 Discord between Georgian opposition activists: one part calls upon the other to refrain from holding protest actions
David Gamkrelidze, leader of the opposition bloc "New Rules", made an appeal to the opposition "National Movement" led by Mikhail Saakashvili, to the opposition bloc "Burdjanadze - Democrats" led by Nino Burdjanadze and Zurab Zhvania, and to the bloc "Ertoba" (Unity) led by Djumber Patiashvili.
David Gamkrelidze said it was inadmissible "to show muscles so that to put pressure on the Central Election Commission."
Gamkrelidze told journalists that "the votes had not been preliminary counted yet so there were no grounds to speak about election frauds and the allegations about falsification of the election results were strange." It is worth noting that other political forces also opposed street protest actions.
eng.kavkaz.memo.ru /newstext/engnews/id/606095.html   (244 words)

  
 Georgian Opposition Leader Says Russia Helping Iran Make Nuclear Weapons
Gamkrelidze was criticizing Kakha Bendukidze, Georgia’s minister of economic reforms who is also the head of the Russia’s Atomstroiexport corporation — the company building the Iranian nuclear plant at Bushehr.
Gamkrelidze also added that Bendukidze held a stake in Atomstroiexport — “the company that is helping Iran build a nuclear power plant, but in reality is helping Iran to make a nuclear bomb”.
Gamkrelidze went on to say that Bendukidze’s business was created with the help of Russian security services, as he claimed it was impossible to do business in Russia in any other way.
www.propagandamatrix.com /articles/march2005/230305helpingiran.htm   (362 words)

  
 Press Releases: Caucasus (Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia), Attack on opposition party offices raises instability fears in ...
The attackers went specifically after New Rights leader David Gamkrelidze, who was meeting with leaders from another opposition party at the time of the incident.
Throughout the ordeal, Gamkrelidze remained calm as he sought to defuse the tense situation.
Having arrived in Tbilisi from Washington on February 1, I was sitting in David Gamkrelidze’s front office, waiting for my 1:30 pm meeting with him when the attack on the party headquarters took place.
www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/cf884c871b418cc285256cc3007334fb   (991 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Georgian opposition leaders say that the attack was planned by the government.
As the leader of the “New Righters” David Gamkrelidze thinks, the attack had a political background and aims to shut the famous TV show down.
David Usupashvili, Republican Party leader: “It is obvious, that all the doubts that rise over Kakabadze’s case stand in connection to the government.
www.humanrights.ge /eng/stat140.shtml   (488 words)

  
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 George F. Kennan Roundtable on Russia and Eurasia - Council on Foreign Relations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
This report argues that, with well-managed reform, the International Monetary Fund could play a useful role in resolving economic imbalances, and that this reform deserves U.S. support.
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Fellows in the Studies Program do this by researching, writing, and commenting on the most important challenges facing the United States and the world.
www.cfr.org /project/327/george_f_kennan_roundtable_on_russia_and_eurasia.html   (617 words)

  
 RIA Novosti - World - Opposition leader accuses Saakashvili of totalitarianism
"The rose revolution has evolved into a rose terror, designed to establish a dictatorship in the country," David Gamkrelidze, leader of the New Rightists opposition party, said, commenting on Mikheil Saakashvili's address to parliament Tuesday.
In his two-hour speech, Saakashvili focused on the successes of his two-year presidency, ignoring failures that have led to what his political opponents and many ordinary Georgians believe is a political and economic crisis.
The president refuses to hold dialogue with the opposition, i.e.
en.rian.ru /world/20060215/43566918.html   (242 words)

  
 CENTRAL ASIA - CAUCASUS ANALYST
Although there is little evidence that the boycott made any impact on Georgian politics, it does prove that the splintered oppositional parties can — largely — join forces when needed.
David Gamkrelidze, the leader of the oppositional party the New Rights and the head of its faction in the parliament, announced he and his followers would return to the parliament in the wake of President Mikheil Saakashvili’s proposal to amend articles of the Georgian Constitution concerning the president’s re-election.
While Gamkrelidze did not mention the president’s announcement specifically, he did note that there were a lot of ‘important’ issues coming up for debate in the parliament and the opposition wanted to be heard.
www.cacianalyst.org /view_article.php?articleid=4558&SMSESSION=NO   (811 words)

  
 Analysis: Caucasus (Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia), Georgia, Russia inch closer to troop withdrawal accord
Part of the cost of getting Russian troops to leave, as Burjanadze indicated, may be the establishment of a joint anti-terrorism center, which would enable Russia to maintain a toe-hold in Georgia.
Gamkrelidze was referring to a parliamentary resolution, adopted in March, in which the legislature called on President Mikheil Saakashvili’s administration to declare the Russian bases illegal in the event a withdrawal timetable was not agreed upon by mid May. So far, Saakashvili has not formally acted on the non-binding resolution.
In Moscow, Russian leaders seem to be laying the groundwork for public acceptance of a withdrawal accord.
www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RMOI-6CQ4BZ?OpenDocument   (893 words)

  
 Rightist Opposition - TheBestLinks.com - European Union, March 28, NATO, November, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
While the alliance was formed only weeks before the elections, the party leaders have agreed to merge their two groups into one party, forming the center-right alternative to left-of-center National Movement, which currently governs Georgia.
The Rightist Opposition is jointly led by David Gamkrelidze of New Rights and Gogi Topadze of the Industrialists.
The alliance's main political priorities include securing a flat tax system in Georgia; reducing government regulations on business; increasing economic growth and job creation in the private sector; rising defense spending and securing NATO membership no later than 2010; and promoting liberal democratic political institutions.
www.thebestlinks.com /Rightist_Opposition.html   (333 words)

  
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The secession came after the 2000 presidential elections, when the party’s candidate for the post of state minister was rejected.
Leaders of the party, “new Georgians” David Gamkrelidze and Levan Gachechiladze, went into politics after giving up their successful business career (the former had succeeded in the insurance business, while the latter run a winery).
David Gamkrelidze has become a more impressive politician in recent times and his weight tends to grow: he is more respectable, avoids making blunders, has got political education, and knows how to strike the right note when speaking to the people.
www.caucasusjournalists.net /ENG/item.asp?id=18   (2669 words)

  
 EurasiaNet Eurasia Insight - Pro-Russian Georgian Officers Impede US Military Training Program
New Rights leader David Gamkrelidze also claimed that Russian intelligence agents inside the military establishment were trying to sabotage the GTEP program.
Defense Minister David Tevzadze dismissed Djandjgava as land forces commander, but a number of Georgian newspapers have published unconfirmed reports that American officials have lobbied for Djandjgava’s reinstatement.
The size and influence of the pro-Russia constituency within the military is such that Defense Minister David Tevzadze influence is limited, some observers say.
www.eurasianet.org /departments/insight/articles/eav072902b.shtml   (953 words)

  
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That news agency quoted David Zurabishvili as saying he is ready to tell Saakashvili in person that he considers Nogaideli's candidacy "unacceptable." Faction leader Maya Nadiradze too admitted that Nogaideli is unacceptable to the whole faction, but she predicted that the majority will nonetheless support him as the president's choice.
New Rightists leader David Gamkrelidze told journalists on 9 February he considers Nogaideli the least appropriate of the several candidates rumored to be in the running for the premiership because he "acts rashly" and grossly overspent last year from the presidential fund, Caucasus Press reported.
ITAR-TASS quoted Gamkrelidze as saying that initially Saakashvili planned to propose as prime minister Valeri Chechelashvili, Georgia's ambassador to Russia, but he was forced to reconsider under pressure from the parliament majority.
www.rferl.org /newsline/2005/02/2-TCA/tca-100205.asp?po=y   (1779 words)

  
 April 22, AMBASSADOR MILES MEETS WITH GEORGIAN STUDENTS - Embassy of the U.S. in Georgia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
On April 22 Ambassador Miles and David Gamkrelidze, Chairman of the New Rights Party and founder of the NGO "Georgia for NATO" met with more than 250 students at Georgia Technical University to discuss U.S.-Georgia relations and Georgia's plans to apply for NATO membership.
The lecture/discussion was organized by the National Council of Youth Organizations of Georgia (NCYOG), a new youth umbrella organization which includes 31 NGO student youth organizations.
Gamkrelidze were the first invited speakers in this new series of lectures entitled: "Georgia in the Twenty-first Century: Strong State and Dignified Partner." The topic of this lecture was: "Reshaping the Role of the U.S. and NATO in a New World Order," and was followed by questions from the students.
georgia.usembassy.gov /events/event20030422_3.html   (233 words)

  
 Demokratizatsiya: Georgia: Rise and Fall of the Facade Democracy
The founders of the GWS and Aldagi, Levan Gachechiladze and David Gamkrelidze, joined the SMK in 1999 and were expected to provide strong financial backing for the party.
Gachechiladze and Gamkrelidze split from the SMK and created their own faction in 2000 because of their disagreement with Zhvania and his wing of young reformers.
In 1999, the New Movement (later known as the New Rights), led by Levan Gachechiladze and David Gamkrelidze, quit the SMK.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3996/is_200401/ai_n9358373/pg_7   (1377 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / Nation / Washington / Bush brings words of support for Georgia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Lawmaker David Gamkrelidze, the only opposition figure to meet Bush, said he warned the American president that like the newly painted facades of buildings in the capital, Georgia's democracy is still superficial.
He said he cited the lack of an independent legal system and a weakened parliament, telling Bush that Saakashvili's decision to concentrate power in the hands of the president and his Cabinet is moving Georgia away from the U.S.-endorsed principle of "mutual control and mutual balance."
But Saakashvili remains popular, and many still put their hopes on him and his enthusiasm and energy.
www.boston.com /news/nation/washington/articles/2005/05/10/bush_brings_words_of_support_for_georgia   (772 words)

  
 Georgia Anticipates Bush Visit (washingtonpost.com)
But Saakashvili's overwhelming dominance of politics has led to charges from the country's opposition -- themselves Rose Revolutionaries who stayed out of government -- that Saakashvili is so taken with his preeminence that the revolution's democratic promise is being undermined.
"There are no checks and balances in this country," said David Gamkrelidze, a onetime conspirator with Saakashvili and now head of the New Right Party, the only formal opposition group in Parliament.
Tamara Buzishvili, a 17-year-old student at Tbilisi State University, said she believed that when she graduates she will be able to "get a job without high connections," something she said she couldn't have imagined two years ago.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A41564-2005May6.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/caucasus/georgia   (855 words)

  
 TODAY'S ZAMAN
The leader of the Right-Wing Party in the Georgian opposition David Gamkrelidze indicated that the US President George W. Bush does not plan to maintain a harsh attitude regarding Russian bases in Georgia.
At a press conference, Gamkrelidze revealed that in te talks with Bush, issues such as the problems of the separatist regions led by the Russian military bases in the country, the implementation of democratic reforms and the development of the country's economy came to the agenda.
Saying that Bush does not plan to maintain a harsh attitude regarding the Russian bases, Gamkrelidze added that the US is siding with a solution of the problems that occurred when the bases were evacuated, with the method of dialogue.
www.todayszaman.com /tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=19387   (214 words)

  
 Bush brings words of support for Georgia
Some Georgians joked darkly that Shevardnadze played off those laurels for years even as his country sunk deeper into chaos, adding that they hoped Saakashvili won't do the same with Bush's historic visit.
Lawmaker David Gamkrelidze, the only opposition figure to meet Bush, said he warned the American president that like the newly painted facades of buildings in the capital, Georgia's democracy is still superficial.
He said he cited the lack of an independent legal system and a weakened parliament, telling Bush that Saakashvili's decision to concentrate power in the hands of the president and his Cabinet is moving Georgia away from the U.S.-endorsed principle of "mutual control and mutual balance."
www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2005-05/11/content_441051.htm   (675 words)

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