Georgian colonel and politician, Georgian Minister of Defense

Irakli Alasania

Irakli Alasania is a Georgian politician, soldier and former diplomat who served as the Minister of Defense of Georgia from 2012 to 2014. He was Georgia's Ambassador to the United Nations from September 11, 2006, until December 4, 2008. His previous assignments include Chairman of the Government of Abkhazia(-in-exile) and the President of Georgia's aide in the Georgian-Abkhaz talks. Soon after his resignation, Alasania withdrew into opposition to the Mikheil Saakashvili administration, setting up the Our Georgia – Free Democrats party in July 2009.

Born

1973

December 21

Died

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1970s

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Key dates

1973 Born

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69 The Roman Senate declares Vespasian emperor of Rome, the last in the Year of the Four Emperors.
1124 Pope Honorius II is consecrated, having been elected after the controversial dethroning of Pope-Elect Celestine II.
1140 After a siege of several weeks, the city of Weinsberg and its castle surrender to Conrad III of Germany.
1237 The city of Ryazan is sacked by the Mongol army of Batu Khan.

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The world in 1973

When Irakli arrived

april 1 Project Tiger, a tiger conservation project, is launched in the Jim Corbett National Park, India.
april 10 Invicta International Airlines Flight 435 crashes in a snowstorm on approach to Basel, Switzerland, killing 108 people.
april 19 The Portuguese Socialist Party is founded in the German town of Bad Münstereifel.
april 28 The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd, recorded in Abbey Road Studios goes to number one on the US Billboard chart, beginning a record-breaking 741-week chart run.

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Benedict Arnold 1615–1801 Rhode Island colonial governor (died 1678) Benjamin Disraeli 1804–1881 English journalist and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1804) Frank Patrick 1885–1960 Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1960) Frank Zappa 1940–1993 American singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer and producer (died 1993) Iris Cummings 1920–2025 American swimmer and aviator (died 2025) Jan Łukasiewicz 1878–1956 Polish-Irish mathematician and philosopher (died 1956) Jane Fonda 1937– American actress and activist Jeffrey Katzenberg 1950– American screenwriter and producer, co-founded DreamWorks Animation Leopold von Ranke 1795–1886 German historian, author, and academic (died 1886)

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Same-year contemporaries

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Abbath Doom Occulta 1973– Norwegian musician Alexander Vinokourov 1973– Kazakh cyclist and manager Alexei Yashin 1973– Russian ice hockey player and manager Andrew Brunette 1973– Canadian ice hockey player and coach Bartolo Colón 1973– Dominican-American baseball player Chan Ho Park 1973– South Korean baseball player Crispian Mills 1973– English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and director Damon Stoudamire 1973– American basketball player and coach Derrick Brooks 1973– American football player

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