Famous People with Name Nikoloz

Nikoloz Phirtskhalava            Origin/Culture/Country: Armenian

Nikoloz Phirtskhalava: is Georgian football player. He is a midfielder and currently plays for Dinamo Tbilisi in Georgia.

Nikoloz Izoria            Origin/Culture/Country: Armenian

Nikoloz Izoria: is a boxer from Georgia.He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native country. There he was stopped in the second round of the Flyweight (51 kg) division by Azerbaijan's eventual bronze medalist Fuad Aslanov.

Nikoloz Cholokashvili            Origin/Culture/Country: Armenian

Nikoloz Cholokashvili: was a Georgian Orthodox priest, politician and diplomat.During the invasion by Shah Abbas I in 1614, he left for Jerusalem. In 1625, Teimuraz assigned him to lead an embassy to Europe in order to get support against the Persian aggression. The mission, however, went in vain; the Europeans at that time were too involved in the Thirty-Years War to be concerned about the fate of a small Christian kingdom in the Caucasus. While visiting Rome, he helped to publish a Georgian dictionary, the first printed book in Georgian, in 1629. Upon returning in Georgia, he was ordained as a senior priest at Metekhi Church, Tbilisi, 1629-1632

Nikoloz "Nika" Gilauri            Origin/Culture/Country: Armenian

Nikoloz "Nika" Gilauri: is a Georgian politician who has been serving as Prime Minister of Georgia since February 6, 2009. He had previously served as Minister for Energetics and later as Minister for Finance and First Vice Prime Minister in the Cabinet of Georgia.

Nikoloz Vacheishvili            Origin/Culture/Country: Armenian

Nikoloz Vacheishvili: is a Georgian art scholar, politician and the former Minister of Culture, Heritage Preservation and Sport in the Cabinet of Georgia. He was appointed on the position after the reformation of the Cabinet by Prime Minister Lado Gurgenidze on 30 January 2008. Vacheishvili left the position on 2 November 2008 when the new premier Grigol Mgaloblishvili appointed diplomat Grigol Vashadze as the Culture Minister, as part of a minor reshuffle of the Cabinet.