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Sandra E. Roelofs

Sandra Elisabeth Roelofs (born December 23, 1968) is the Dutch First Lady of Georgia, the wife of President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili. Image File history File links Emblem-important. ... is the 357th day of the year (358th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the use of the term first lady internationally. ... The President of Georgia (ge: საქართველოს პრეზიდენტი) is the head of the state and commander-in-chief of Georgia. ... Mikheil Saakashvili (Georgian: ) (born December 21, 1967) is a Georgian politician and the current President of Georgia. ...

She was born in Terneuzen, the Netherlands. She graduated from the Institute of Foreign Languages in Brussels and the International Institute of Human Rights in Strasbourg. She met Mikheil Saakashvili in 1993 while attending a course on human rights in Strasbourg and later that year moved to New York where she worked at Columbia University and a Dutch law firm. In 1996 the couple returned to Georgia, where Roelofs worked for the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Consulate of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Tbilisi. Terneuzen is a city and municipality in the southwestern Netherlands, in the province of Zeeland, in the middle of Zeeuws-Vlaanderen. ... For other places with the same name, see Brussels (disambiguation). ... The International Institute of Human Rights or Institut international des droits de lhomme (IIDH) is an association under French local law having its seat in Strasbourg, France, composed of approximately 300 members (individual and collective) worldwide, universities, researchers and practitioners of human rights. ... For other uses, see Strasburg. ... Mikheil Saakashvili (Georgian: ) (born December 21, 1967) is a Georgian politician and the current President of Georgia. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the state. ... Alma Mater Columbia University is a private university in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is a private humanitarian institution based in Geneva, Switzerland. ... Location of Tbilisi in Georgia Coordinates: , Country Georgia Established c. ...

From 1999 to 2003, Sandra E. Roelofs was a visiting lecturer at Tbilisi State University, where she also worked on her doctoral thesis on linguistic aspects of French in Belgium. Aside from her native Dutch, Sandra E. Roelofs speaks French, English, German, Russian and fluent Georgian. This article is about the year. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image:TSU2. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

Roelofs and Saakashvili have two sons, Eduard and Nikoloz.

She is an author of an autobiographic book The Story of an Idealist (2005). Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Charity Work

In 1998 Roelofs founded charity foundation SOCO[1] which has the primary focus of implementing the programs funded by western European and Georgian companies and individuals and is aimed at supporting low income families. Since setting new targets in 2007, SOCO has been taking care of reproductry health and child welfare in Georgia more actively.

References

• Official biography
• Caspian Business News article on Roelofs