Aleksandre Jejelava

Minister of Education and Science of GeorgiaIn office
3 June 2016 – 13 November 2017Prime MinisterGiorgi KvirikashviliPreceded byTamar SanikidzeSucceeded byMikheil ChkhenkeliDeputy Prime Minister of GeorgiaIn office
21 February 2017 – 13 November 2017Prime MinisterGiorgi KvirikashviliSucceeded byGiorgi Gakharia Personal detailsBorn24 May 1973
Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
(Now Georgia)Political partyGeorgian Dream (2016-June 2018)
Independent (until 2016)Alma materTbilisi State UniversityMilitary serviceAllegiance Georgia

Aleksandre Jejelava (Georgian: ალექსანდრე ჯეჯელავა; (born May 24, 1973) — was the Minister of Education and Science of Georgia from June 2016 to June 2018.

Aleksandre Jejelava was born in Tbilisi. In 1995, he graduated from Tbilisi State University, with a degree in Applied Mathematics and Computer Sciences. In 2003-2005, he obtained a master's degree in General Management at ESM Business School – in Tbilisi. In 2009-2010, he studied at George Washington University, where he acquired a master's degree in Project Management. Since 2015, he is a certified international coach. ^[1]

Since June 3, 2016, Aleksandre Jejelava holds a position as the Minister of Education and Science of Georgia.^[2] In 2010-2016, he held a position as a Chairman and a head coach at Management Academy. At the same time, he was a professor at the Bank of Georgia University and Caucasus School of Business. He was a professor at Tbilisi Free University, Caucasus University and a dean for the master's degree program at Georgian Institute of Public Affairs.

Aleksandre Jejelava also held a variety of positions at Open Society Georgia Foundation, the National Bank of Georgia, TBC Bank and the Intellect Bank. He was a speaker for the TEDx Tbilisi; and held a position as a Chairman of the board at V. Komarov Physics and Mathematics Public School N199. Furthermore, Aleksandre Jejelava was in charge of the IT strategic development at the Georgian Lottery Company.

He is married and has three daughters and one son.^[3][4]