Quotes by Bidzina Ivanishvili

About Bidzina Ivanishvili:

Bidzina Ivanishvili is a Georgian businessman and politician who was Prime Minister of Georgia from 25 October 2012 to 20 November 2013. He founded and led the Georgian Dream coalition, which won the 2012 parliamentary election. After the 2013 presidential election, he voluntarily resigned both his government and party positions, naming his long-time associate Irakli Gharibashvili as his successor.
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I did not like formal meetings, because they took away my freedom. I just liked to spend time with my friends, where I could be myself and did not need to don a mask.

Bidzina Ivanishvili

It was not my wish to come into politics. I was not a public person; I preferred to spend my birthdays with family and friends. But the 2008 elections were fraudulent, so I decided to finance the opposition to make them stronger.

Bidzina Ivanishvili

The economy is governed through cartel agreements and monopoly. The attorney general is the one who's controlling funds. There is no free business in Georgia.

Bidzina Ivanishvili

I was writing my Ph.D. in the late 1980s and was keeping an eye on what was happening in the world. It became obvious to me that Russia couldn't live without computers. I think I worked this out a year before anyone else. I started looking for people...

Bidzina Ivanishvili

I decided to go into politics because of our Soviet-style government.

Bidzina Ivanishvili

I've never been an oligarch. The definition of an oligarch is someone who has co-operated with the government, and I never did.

Bidzina Ivanishvili

Any private security is a joke in a country where you're up against your own government.

Bidzina Ivanishvili

Restoration of friendship with Russia, our biggest neighbor, is necessary for our peace and economy.

Bidzina Ivanishvili

I may not be a politician, but I will fight to the end of my life for what I believe in.

Bidzina Ivanishvili

Our policy is European and Euro-Atlantic integration. There is no substitute for NATO.

Bidzina Ivanishvili

If you come to Georgia, you can open up a company in a day. You yourself can come tomorrow and establish a company in a day, and you're not halted by paperwork.

Bidzina Ivanishvili

America has chosen Georgia as a junior partner. The United States believes that Saakashvili is creating a democratic Georgia, but these are merely facades.

Bidzina Ivanishvili

Since the whole village was poor, we didn't realize our own poverty. I was happy.

Bidzina Ivanishvili

My only hobby is going for walks outdoors.

Bidzina Ivanishvili

All the therapists would tell me was that I was the only healthy person they knew.

Bidzina Ivanishvili

There are eight different breeds of peacock. I have them all.

Bidzina Ivanishvili

In Georgia, people had already understood that communism couldn't survive, and I came to the institute in Moscow, and people still believed in it. They were completely different people, and I found it very difficult psychologically.

Bidzina Ivanishvili

I have always lived according to my conscience, and my past is clean.

Bidzina Ivanishvili

I travel as much as I can and meet people.

Bidzina Ivanishvili

My main capital isn't the money. I respect myself; I respect my country.

Bidzina Ivanishvili

Author Bio

  • NameBidzina Ivanishvili
  • DescriptionGeorgian businessman and exprime minister
  • BornFebruary 18, 1956
  • CountryGeorgia
  • ProfessionPolitician; Businessperson; Entrepreneur