12 Facts About Alexander Kvitashvili

Alexander Kvitashvili is a former Minister of Healthcare of Ukraine appointed on 2 December 2014 and was granted Ukrainian citizenship the same day.

Alexander Kvitashvili consulted various international organizations based in Azerbaijan, Latvia, Ukraine, Armenia, and Greece on the education-, healthcare- and social security-related issues.

On 31 January 2008, Alexander Kvitashvili was appointed by the then-President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili as Minister of Health, Labour and Social Affairs of Georgia.

Alexander Kvitashvili resigned on 31 August 2010, citing "a proposal from academic circles" to be an acting rector of the Tbilisi State University, a position he took over in September 2010.

Alexander Kvitashvili served as an elected Rector of the TSU from 27 December 2010 until his resignation on 12 June 2013.

On 2 December 2014 Alexander Kvitashvili was appointed as Minister of Healthcare of Ukraine in the Second Yatsenyuk Government with the hope to reform the country's healthcare system.

Alexander Kvitashvili was granted the Ukrainian citizenship by President Petro Poroshenko on the same day.

Georgia's incumbent Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili reacted negatively to the appointment, accusing Alexander Kvitashvili of "destroying" Georgia's healthcare system.

On 2 July 2015 Alexander Kvitashvili wrote a letter of resignation after losing the support of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc in which he stated "If my resignation helps pass bills that are needed to launch reform, I'm ready to leave".

On 10 December 2015 Alexander Kvitashvili stated in an interview with Ukraine Today about the refusal of parliament to accept his resignation "It doesn't matter though, I have been working since July the same hours, with the same effort that I was before".

Alexander Kvitashvili publicly withdraw his letter of resignation on 4 February 2016.

Alexander Kvitashvili did not retain his post in the Groysman Government that was installed in 14 April 2016.