Vakhtang Megrelishvili
Vakhtang "Vakho" Megrelishvili (Georgian: ვახტანგ "ვახო" მეგრელიშვილი, born on February 28, 1972) is a Georgian politician and libertarian activist, a former Deputy Minister of Health, Labor and Social Affairs and a member of Parliament since 2020. He is one of the founders of Girchi, a libertarian political party, and an outspoken unschooling advocate. Biography Early life and career Vakhtang Megrelishvili was born on February 28, 1972, in Telavi, a city in the Kakheti region of then-Soviet Georgia. In 1996, he graduated from the Tbilisi Medical Academy, after which he spent two years in surgical residency. After a short time working as a doctor, he joined the public sector as a staffer for the Health Committee of Parliament in 1999. One year later, he joined the Ministry of Justice, at the time led by Mikheil Saakashvili, as an adviser to its Medical Department. In parallel, Megrelishvili founded the Patients' Rights Union, a non-governmental organization focused on health care, leading it for three years before being appointed as Deputy General Director of the Social Insurance Fund of Georgia. He is married and has three children. Saakashvili administration In 2004, Vakhtang Megrelishvili was appointed as Deputy Minister of Labor, Health and Social Protection