Murman Omanidze
Murman Omanidze | |
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მურმან ომანიძე | |
Member of the Alexander Chikvaidze | |
Prime Minister of Georgia Acting | |
In office 18 August 1991 – 23 August 1991 | |
President | Zviad Gamsakhurdia |
Preceded by | Tengiz Sigua |
Succeeded by | Besarion Gugushvili |
Personal details | |
Born | Tbilisi, Soviet Union (Now Georgia) | 5 November 1938
Died | 20 November 2020 Saint Petersburg, Russia | (aged 82)
Political party | Independent |
Alma mater | Tbilisi State University |
Murman Omanidze (Georgian: მურმან ომანიძე; 5 November 1938 – 20 November 2020) was a Georgian politician and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia in 1991.
Career
Born in
During the August
After Gamsakhurdia's flight from Georgia and Eduard Shevardnadze's accession to power, Omanidze was a member of the Parliament of Georgia from 1992 to 1998.[4] He was also involved in several businesses. In 1996, the Georgian prosecutor’s office issued a warrant for the arrest of Omanidze on charges of illicit financial dealings. He managed to leave Georgia and distanced himself from politics.[5]
Death
He died on 20 November 2020, from complications of COVID-19 at a Hospital in Saint Petersburg during the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia, where he had lived the last 15 years of his life.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Murman Omanidze". Ex-Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Georgia. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia. Archived from the original on 24 July 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
- ISBN 0-946653-77-1.
- ^ "Omanidze: President 'Doomed'". Daily Report. Central Eurasia, no.3-10. Foreign Broadcast Information Service. 4 January 1992. pp. 72–73. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
- ^ "Omanidze Murman". Members of the Parliament of Georgia. Parliament of Georgia. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
- ^ Fuller, Liz (5 August 1996). "Warrant issued for arrest of former Georgian foreign minister". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved 2 March 2014.