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Digest: Dignified Life Until Return, Nο. 5 May/June 2012

Pays
Géorgie
Sources
Govt. Georgia
Date de publication

NEW MINISTER OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS FROM THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES, ACCOMMODATION AND REFUGEES OF GEORGIA DALI KHOMERIKI

On 4 July 2012, the Prime Minister of Georgia, Ivane Merabishvili, introduced Ms. Dali Khomeriki as a new Minister of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Accommodation and Refugees of Georgia.

Outlining the importance of her new position, the Minister stated: “I will do my best in my new capacity to ensure that the new program of the Georgian Government - “More Benefit to People” reaches every IDP family”.

Dali Khomeriki was born on December 16, 1971 in Sukhumi, Abkhazia. She forcefully left the place of permanent residence after occupation of Georgia by Russia in the 90’s of XX century.
After the graduation from the English language faculty of the Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Sukhumi Branch, she worked as a Head of Information Office in the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), Georgian Delegation, as well as the Assistant/ Senior Programmer of Public Affairs Section, the US Embassy in Georgia. She undertook MA Course in International Education Policy at Columbia University, NYC, USA and various US State Department professional development courses.

Before being appointed on the current position of the Minister of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Accommodation and Refugees of Georgia she was the member of Government and the Minister of Education and Culture of A/R of Abkhazia, Georgia.