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Irakli Kovzanadze ირაკლი კოვზანაძე | |
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| Member of theParliament of Georgia | |
| In office 11 December 2020 – 24 March 2023 | |
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| Nationality | Georgian |
| Party | Not affiliated[citation needed] |
| Alma mater | Tbilisi State University University of London |
| Occupation | Financier Politician |
Irakli Kovzanadze (Georgian:ირაკლი კოვზანაძე) is aGeorgian economist and politician.[1] He isCEO of JSC Partnership Fund, a Georgian state-owned investment fund with an asset value of more than $3 billion.[citation needed]
Kovzanadze has published six books and more than 50 articles in economics, including problems of the genesis, development and manifestation of systemic banking crises, their forecasting and prevention.[citation needed]
Being an MP, he served as a chairman of Finance and Budget Committee of the Parliament of Georgia (2004–2008) and as a chairman of the Task Force of EBRD/ OECD on corporate governance of banks in Eurasia (2007–2009).[citation needed]
He has served on the boards of the leading banks in post-Soviet countries and Europe and has advocated reforms of the financial sector of emerging countries.[citation needed]
In March 2023, the Georgian parliament removed the mandates of Kovzanadze and three other MPs at their request for not voting in favour of the foreign agent bill.[2]