Natia Turnava
Natela Turnava
Member of the Board of the National Bank of Georgia
Assumed office
June 2022
Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development
In office
18 April 2019 – 9 February 2022
Prime MinisterMamuka Bakhtadze
Giorgi Gakharia
Irakli Garibashvili
Preceded byGiorgi Kobulia
Succeeded byLevan Davitashvili
Personal details
Born19 October 1968
Moscow, Russian SSR, USSR (now Russia)
Alma materTbilisi State University
WebsiteGovernment of Georgia

Natela Turnava (Georgian: ნათელა თურნავა) (born 19 October 1968), usually referred to as "Natia Turnava", is a Georgian politician. She was minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia from 18 April 2019 to 9 February 2022. As of June 2023, she is the acting Governor of the National Bank of Georgia.

Biography

Turnava was born in 1968 in Moscow, the capital city of the then Russian SSR (now Russia). She studied in No.56 Public School of Tbilisi and in 1990, she graduated from Tbilisi State University as an economist. In 1994–1996, she was a scientist at the Institute of Democracy and Politic of Georgia. From 2000 to 2005, she was the first Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia. She returned to that position in 2018–2019.[1] She has also worked at the Georgian Industrial Group and at the Partnership Fund.

From April 2019 until February 2022, she served as the Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development. In this period, she oversaw the implementation of many programs to support businesses during the Covid-pandemic.[2] Since June 2023, Turnava is the acting Governor of the National Bank of Georgia.[1]

Turnava speaks Georgian, Russian and English.

References

  1. 1 2 "NBG Board Elects Natia Turnava as the First Vice Governor of the NBG". The National Bank of Georgia. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  2. ↑ How the gov't plans to help businesses reopen after coronavirus subsides. Agenda.GE. May 1, 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2023.


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