Kwitaschwili Alexander
Date of Birth: 15.11.1970
Alexander (Sandro) Merabowitsch Kwitaschwili - Minister of Health of Ukraine (2014 - 2016). Minister of Health, Labor and Social Affairs in Georgia (2008 - 2010).
Place of Birth. Education. Born in Tbilisi. Graduated from Tbilisi State University, Faculty of History in 1992. In 1993 - Robert Wagner School of Public Service at New York University (Master's degree).
Speaks English, Russian and Georgian.
Career. In 1993 he worked at the Atlanta Medical Center.
In 1993, he was appointed Officer of Administration and Finance at the Georgian Representation Office of the UN Development Program.
From 1995 to 1997, he served as Deputy Head of the Georgian Mission of the Committee for the Assistance of the United Methodist Church and acted as Head of the Mission.
In 1997, he became President of the Georgian NGO 'International Fund 'Kuratio'.
From 1995 to 2002, he worked as a consultant in various international organizations in Azerbaijan, Lithuania, Ukraine, Armenia and Serbia. During these years, he published several analytical works on health reform and analysis of the social protection system.
From 2002 to 2003, he worked in New York at the Western East Institute and as a consultant for the Transatlantic Partners Against AIDS Institute.
From 2004 to 2005, he headed the administration of the Western East Institute 'EastWest Institute'.
From January 31, 2008 to January 31, 2010, he was Minister of Labor, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia in the government of Gilauri.
From August 2010 to June 2013, he was rector of Tbilisi State University named after Ivane Javakhishvili.
In September 2013, he headed the election headquarters of the presidential candidate from the pro-presidential party 'United National Movement' David Bakradze.
On December 2, 2014, the President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, signed a decree granting Ukrainian citizenship to Alexander Kwitaschwili, Natalia Yaresko and Aivaras Abromavicius, who also joined the government. That day he was appointed Minister of Health of Ukraine in the new government of Arseniy Yatsenyuk.
On February 16, 2016, the deputies rated the government's work in 2015 as unsatisfactory, but there were not enough votes for the resignation of the government under Yatsenyuk.
On April 10, 2016, Yatsenyuk announced his resignation as Prime Minister, and on April 14, the parliament voted for his resignation, but overturned the resolution of February 16. That day, a new cabinet was appointed under the leadership of Volodymyr Hroysman. Views. He advocates for the health insurance system. 'One must explain to the people that if they take out insurance for 15 or 20 Lari, they will receive a free operation worth 15,000 Lari in case of need. An aggressive campaign can even be conducted for this. It remains to overcome the post-Soviet mentality, because people are used to paying for electricity, paying for gas, filling expensive fuel in cars, but unfortunately, they will not get used to the fact that good care in healthcare facilities is expensive,' Kwitaschwili said in 2008.
Non-partisan.
Family. Wife Anastasia Ostrovskaya (died on November 8, 2020). Ex-wife Nicole Jordania - granddaughter of Noe Jordania, the chairman of the government of the Georgian Democratic Republic.
Alexander's father and mother also work in healthcare, in 2010 they held positions as Director of the National Therapy Center and Chief Doctor of the Chapidze Emergency Cardiology Center.
25.10.2023.