Dimitri Kumsishvili

Dimitri Kumsishvili
First Deputy Prime Minister of Georgia
In office 13 June 2016 – 13 June 2018
Prime Minister	Giorgi Kvirikashvili
Preceded by	Giorgi Kvirikashvili (2015)
Succeeded by	Maya Tskitishvili (2021)
Minister of Finance
In office 27 November 2016 – 13 November 2017
Prime Minister	Giorgi Kvirikashvili
Preceded by	Nodar Khaduri
Succeeded by	Mamuka Bakhtadze
Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development
In office 13 November 2017 – 13 June 2018
Prime Minister	Giorgi Kvirikashvili
Preceded by	Giorgi Gakharia
Succeeded by	Giorgi Cherkezishvili
In office 1 September 2015 – 27 November 2016
Prime Minister	Irakli Gharibashvili Giorgi Kvirikashvili
Preceded by	Giorgi Kvirikashvili
Succeeded by	Giorgi Gakharia
Deputy Prime Minister of Georgia
In office 30 December 2015 – 13 June 2016
Prime Minister	Giorgi Kvirikashvili
Personal details
Born	(1974-09-07) 7 September 1974
Political party	Georgian Dream (until June 2018)
Alma mater	Tbilisi State University

Dimitri Kumsishvili (Georgian: დიმიტრი ქუმსიშვილი; born 7 September 1974) is a Georgian politician who has served as the country's First Deputy Prime Minister from 27 November 2016 to 13 June 2018 and Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development from 13 November 2017 to 13 June 2018.

Biography

A graduate of the Tbilisi State University with a degree in physics (1992) and economics (1998), Kumsishvili worked as an executive for various businesses in Georgia, including being Deputy General Director of Cartu Bank, owned by the tycoon Bidzina Ivanishvili, from 19979 to 2011 and Director for Business Development of the media holding Palitra Media from 2011 to 2012. After Ivanishvili-led Georgian Dream became a ruling party in 2012, Dimitry Kumsiashvili joined the government as Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development and Head of National Agency of State Property until being appointed Deputy Mayor of Tbilisi in 2015. He then served as Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development from 1 September 2015 to 28 October 2016 and, simultaneously, as Vice Prime Minister since 30 December 2015. On 27 November 2016, he became First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance in the Second Cabinet of Giorgi Kvirikashvili. On 13 November 2017, he was moved to the position of Minister of Economy, a position he held until early June 2018.