Vera Kobalia

Quick Facts

Full Name	Vera Kobalia
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Aug 24, 1981(1981-08-24)
Age	43
Birthplace	Sukhumi
Country	Georgia
Birth City	Abkhazia
Horoscope	Leo

Vera Kobalia Biography

Vera Kobalia is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on August 24, 1981 in Sukhumi, Abkhazia, Georgia. Kobalia is born in the year 1981 Sukhumi in the controversial Georgian Region of Abkhazia. The family of Kobalia moved to Canada due to the turmoil that was caused by the Georgian Abkhazian conflict. She was a student at King George Secondary School, and later at the British Columbia Institute of Technology located in Burnaby, British Columbia, which she attended until 2004 when she graduated with an undergraduate degree in business administration and informational technology.

In June of this year, Kobalia was appointed by the President Mikheil Saakashvili to be the minister of Economy and Sustainable Development in the Cabinet of Georgia and it was confirmed by Georgia’s Parliament of Georgia on July 2nd the 2nd of July, 2010. Kobalia declared that tourism and agriculture will be the two top areas of focus during her term and she promised to reformulate her department in line with “no nepotism” to help remove corruption from the state.

“World Economic Forum” named Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia, Vera Kobalia as Young Global Leader 2012. Vera Kobalia is the only Georgian politician who won this award.

The appointment of Kobalia sparked a lot of controversy because of her age (she was just 29 at the time she was appointed) and her lack of experience in politics. Kobalia first was brought to the attention of President Saakashvili about four months before her appointment, when a group from Vancouver’s Georgian community was invited to meet with the president while the president was in town to attend the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Nodar Javakhishvili, who was the previous director of the Georgian National Bank, was quoted as saying Kobalia was appointed “without having either the necessary education or any experience whatsoever.” Other commentators have also noted that the president Saakashvili who was just 36 when he took his position, has a tendency of appointing younger ministers. He declares that putting younger generations into power positions is a plan to create a brand new Georgia free of the shackles of Soviet dominance.

Vera Kobalia Net Worth

Vera Kobalia is one of the richest Politician from Georgia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Vera Kobalia 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Vera Kobalia (Georgian: vera Kobalia ) (born on the 24th of August, 1981) is a Georgian politician who was as a member of the Cabinet of Georgia as the Georgian Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development from 2 July 2010 until the 25th of October.

Kobalia remained in Canada until the end of 2009 when she was employed by European Breads Bakery, the Vancouver-based company founded with her father’s help in 2001. After which she returned to Georgia. In February of 2010, Kobalia co-founded the Coalition for Justice which is an organization that is committed to the protection of rights of the internally displaced within Georgia and to increase awareness among the public about the issues of Georgian IDPs across the globe.

Kobalia lost her position after Saakashvili’s United National Movement lost majority of parliamentary seats to the Georgian Dream coalition in the October 1, 2012 parliamentary election. On October 25, 2012, she was succeeded by the Georgian Dream member Giorgi Kvirikashvili.

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Vera Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Georgia. Vera Kobalia celebrates birthday on August 24 of every year.