What is Giorgi Maisashvili?
[[File:April 10, 2009. Gia Maisashvili (cropped).jpg|thumb|April 10, 2009. Gia Maisashvili]] '''George (Gia) Maisashvili''' ({{lang-ka|გიორგი [გია] მაისაშვილი}}) (November 24, 1962 – February 26, 2018) was a [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] [[economist]], [[Human rights|human rights activist]] and [[politician]]. He was a presidential candidate in the [[Georgian presidential election, 2008|Georgian presidential election of 2008]]. He was born in [[Tbilisi]]. After the [[Georgian Civil War]] and the overthrowing of the democratically elected government by [[Eduard Shevardnadze]] in 1992, Maisashvili was forced to flee the country and was granted a [[political asylum]] by the [[United States]].<ref>[http://www.civil.ge/eng/detail.php?id=17552 List of Majoritarian MP Candidates.] Civil Georgia, April 24, 2008.</ref> Maisashvili died in Tbilisi on February 26, 2018 of [[colorectal cancer]] at the age of 55.<ref>[https://news.ge/gia-maisasvili-gardaicvala/ გია მაისაშვილი გარდაიცვალა] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180227034251/https://news.ge/gia-maisasvili-gardaicvala/ |date=2018-02-27 }} {{in lang|ka}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Maisashvili, Giorgi}} [[Category:1962 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from colorectal cancer]] [[Category:Politicians from Georgia (country)]] [[Category:Economists]] [[Category:Human rights activists]]