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    GEORGIA HAS FIRST WOMAN PROSECUTOR AMONG FORMER SOVIET NATIONS

    ARMENPRESS
    Jan 31, 2008

    TBILISI, JANUARY 31, ARMENPRESS: With 144 votes to 0 the parliament
    of the former Soviet republic of Georgia has approved today Eka
    Tkeshelashvili, a thirty-year-old ex-justice minister, as new
    prosecutor-general.

    Tkeshelashvili, the first-ever female in former Soviet republic, to
    become prosecutor-general, has replaced Zurab Adeishvili. Adeishvili,
    a highly influential figure in president Saakashvili's inner circle,
    will now become chief of the presidential administration.

    Tkeshelashvili served as minister of justice since September,
    2007 and was a chairperson of the government's inter-agency group
    which was set up to act as a rapid reaction mechanism to violations
    during the election campaign and on the polling day on the January
    5 presidential election.

    She holds a diploma in international law from Tbilisi State University
    and an LLM from the University of Notre Dame in the United States.

    Georgian media quoted Saakashvili as saying last week that the decision
    on replacing Adeishvili with Tkeshelashvili was done to "humanize"
    the office.

    "This change is not simply a staff reshuffle. It shows the need to
    revise many approaches, and while preserving good tendencies, the
    need to humanize this field. We need closer contact with the public,"
    Saakashvili said.
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