Elene Tevdoradze

Elene Tevdoradze (Georgian: ელენე თევდორაძე; born 5 September 1938), is a Georgian politician, teacher, and former member of the Parliament of Georgia.

Elene Tevdoradze
Order of Honor
ელენე თევდორაძე
President of the State Forgiveness Commission
In office
2004–2013
PresidentGiorgi Margvelashvili
Succeeded byAleko Elisashvili
Member of the Parliament
In office
1995–2008
Personal details
Born (1938-09-05) September 5, 1938
Tbilisi, Georgia SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyKomsomol
Union of Citizens of Georgia (1993-2003)
United National Movement (since 2003)
Alma materInstitute of Foreign Languages of Tbilisi

Biography

Tevdoradze was born in Tbilisi on 5 September 1938.[1] She graduated from the Faculty of German Language and Literature at the Institute of Foreign Languages of Tbilisi in 1960.[1] From 1962 to 1963, she was a secondary school teacher in the city of Rustavi, and became the local leader of Komsomol from 1963 to 1965. In 1972, Tevdoradze was named deputy principal of Tbilisi School No. 3 and became the principal of 90th School of Tbilisi in 1975.[2]

Tevdoradze was a member of the Union of Citizens of Georgia party from 1993 until its dissolution in 2003. Since then, she has been a member of the UNM. She was member of the Parliament of Georgia from 1995 to 2008, and served as the president of the State Commission of Forgiveness from 2004 to 2013.[3] She was also the Deputy Minister for Reintregation Affairs in 2004.[4]

In 2008, Tevdoradze received the Order of Honor for her personal contribution towards parliamentary development and the protection of human rights in Georgia.[5]

References
  1. Tevdoradze Elene
  2. თევდორაძე ელენე (in Georgian)
  3. "ნაციონალური მოძრაობის" ყოფილი წევრი პარტიის დანაშაულებრივ რეჟიმად გამოცხადებას მხარს უჭერს (in Georgian)
  4. ელენე თევდორაძე (in Georgian)
  5. ელენე თევდორაძე ღირსების ორდენით ჯილდოვდება (in Georgian)
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