Gia Arsenishvili, MP of the ruling party died of heart attack on November 17. Arsenishvili was elected as MP from Georgia's eastern Kakheti region in 2008.
During 1995-2000, he served as President's Envoy I Kakheti region. In 2001-2004, Arsenishvili was the Georgian Ambassador in Austria, Hungary, Slovenia and Czech Republic.
Arsenishvili headed up the Georgian Parliamentary Committee of Human Rights. "I lost my friend and an advisor," Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili claimed when consoling Arsenishvili's family members.