Bidzina Ivanishvili
Bidzina Ivanishvili is a citizen of Georgia, later granted by Saakashvili. In March 2010, Ivanishvili was granted another French citizenship. In October 2011, he was deprived of his Georgian citizenship "according to Article 32 of the Georgian Law on Citizenship", shortly after he had announced his intention to form a political party to challenge Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili.