Givi Targamadze is a Georgian politician. Targamadze is the chairman of Defense and Security Committee of Parliament of Georgia and one of the leaders of United National Movement. In 1996, together with Levan Ramishvili, Giga Bokeria and David Zurabishvili, Targamadze co-founded Liberty Institute, a non-profit, non-partisan, liberal public policy advocacy foundation, taking a job of coordinating journalistic investigation programs.

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  • Givi Targamadze is a Georgian politician. Targamadze is the chairman of Defense and Security Committee of Parliament of Georgia and one of the leaders of United National Movement. In 1996, together with Levan Ramishvili, Giga Bokeria and David Zurabishvili, Targamadze co-founded Liberty Institute, a non-profit, non-partisan, liberal public policy advocacy foundation, taking a job of coordinating journalistic investigation programs. Givi Targamadze, conducted a number of investigations, that were subsequently published in newspapers, which significantly contributed to the dismissal of the Minister of Communications, the Minister of Agriculture and the Minister of Energy, from their positions in 1998-2000. In the frame of Anti-corruption campaign Liberty Institute a lot of time named the Corruption and legal violations in the government. In 1998-2000 Anti-corruption activities of the Liberty Institute, led by Targamadze, were enjoyed with a high degree of publicity: criminal activities of David Bezhuashvli, MP, and Levan Mamaladze, governor of the Kvemo-Kartli region; Corruption and legal violations at the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Communications; Participation of the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Security in smuggling tobacco, petroleum and pure alcohol; Criminal interests and illegal business activities of President Shevardnadze's family. As a result of Targamadzes publications, several high officials were forced to resign, including Minister of Communications, two Ministers of Energy, Minister of Agriculture, Governor of Shida Kartli region, chief of Presidents regional management service and others In 2006 Targamadze accused those who demanded the resignation of Vano Merabishvili because of the involvement of interior ministry officials in the murder of Sandro Girgvliani - four of whom were convicted of the killing - as being in league with organised crime. RFE/RL report from 2006
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  • Givi Targamadze is a Georgian politician. Targamadze is the chairman of Defense and Security Committee of Parliament of Georgia and one of the leaders of United National Movement. In 1996, together with Levan Ramishvili, Giga Bokeria and David Zurabishvili, Targamadze co-founded Liberty Institute, a non-profit, non-partisan, liberal public policy advocacy foundation, taking a job of coordinating journalistic investigation programs.
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  • Givi Targamadze
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