Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan congratulated his Georgian counterpart Mikhail Saakashvili on his 43rd birthday, RA Presidential press service informed NEWS.am.

As usual Saakashvili marked his birthday with his family members and relatives, Georgian media reported

Mikheil Saakashvili was born on December 21, 1967 in Tbilisi. Saakashvili graduated from the Institute of International Relations (Department of International Law) of the Kiev State University in 1992. He received an LL.M. from Columbia Law School in 1994 and took classes at The George Washington University Law School the following year.

On 12 October 2000, Saakashvili became Minister of Justice for the government of President Shevardnadze. He became president on 25 January 2004 after President Eduard Shevardnadze resigned in a November 2003 bloodless “Rose Revolution” led by Saakashvili and his political allies.