children birth_date signature term_end alma_mater data term_start spouse image name predecessor birth_place president party office successor religion blank article_title
uta bera gvantsa tsotne 18 february 1956 ivanishvili signature -lrb- new -rrb- . png 20 november 2013 tbilisi state university moscow state university of railway engineering 5.2 '' -rrb- & nbsp ; billion -lrb- 2015 '' forbes 25 october 2012 ekaterine khvedelidze bidzina ivanishvili senate of poland.jpg bidzina ivanishvili ბიძინა ივანიშვილი vano merabishvili chorvila , soviet union -lrb- now georgia -rrb- mikheil saakashvili giorgi margvelashvili georgian dream -lrb- 2012-2013 -rrb- 10th prime minister of georgia irakli garibashvili georgian orthodoxy net worth bidzina ivanishvili

bidzina ivanishvili

bidzina ivanishvili -lrb- , also known as boris ivanishvili ; born 18 february 1956 -rrb- is a georgian businessman and politician who was prime minister of georgia from 25 october 2012 to 20 november 2013 .
he founded and led the georgian dream coalition , which won the 2012 parliamentary election .
after the 2013 presidential election , he voluntarily resigned both his government and party positions , naming his long-time associate irakli gharibashvili as his successor .
in march 2010 , ivanishvili was granted 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 .
in march 2012 , ivanishvili was ranked at number 153 in `` forbes '' magazine 's annual list of the world 's billionaires with an estimated worth of $ 6.4 billion , making him georgia 's richest person .
