Othar Shalikashvili

Othat Joseph Shalikashvili
Born	August 26, 1933 (1933-08-26) (age 78) Milanówek, Poland
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Army
Years of service	1955–2001
Rank	Colonel
Commands held	506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 10th Special Forces Group
Battles/wars	Vietnam War
Other work	U.S. Secretary of Defense Senior Military Consultant on Georgian Defense Matters

Othar Joseph Shalikashvili (Georgian: ოთარ შალიკაშვილი; born August 26, 1933) is a retired United States colonel of Georgian origin. He is the elder brother of General John Shalikashvili.

Othar J. Shalikashvili was born in Milanówek, Poland, into the family of the émigré Georgian officer Prince Dimitri Shalikashvili and his wife Countess Maria Rüdiger-Belyaeva. The family moved to the United States in the 1950s. Having graduated from the Officer Candidate School in 1955, Othar J. Shalikashvili joined the U.S. Army and participated in the Special Forces Qualification Course. From December 1970 to May 1971, he commanded the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment in the Vietnam War. Since 1971, he worked for the Joint Chiefs of Staff and served as a military instructor. From 1977 to 1978, he was the commander of the 10th Special Forces Group.

After his retirement from the army service, Shalikashvili was appointed, in 2001, as a U.S. Secretary of Defense Senior Military Consultant on Georgian Defense Matters.^[1] He is also a member of the Board of Advisers of the Georgian Association in the United States of America.^[2]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Othar J. Shalikashvil

16. Prince Ioseb Shalikashvili

8. Prince Ivane Shalikashvili

17. Princess Mariam Andronikashvili

4. Prince Ioseb Shalikashvili

18. Prince Noshrevan Chavchavadze

9. Princess Daria Chavchavadze

19. Princess Nino Vachnadze

2. Prince Dimitri Shalikashvili

20. Semyon Staroselsky

10. Dmitry Staroselsky

21. ?

5. Nina Staroselskaya

22. Prince Tadeoz Guramishvili

11. Princess Ekaterine Guramishvili

23. Elisabed N.

1. Othar J. Shalikashvil

24. Mikhail Belyaev

12. Alexei Belyaev

25. ?

6. Alexander Belyaev

26. Alexander Daler

13. Maria Daler

27. ?

3. Countess Maria Rüdiger-Belyaeva

28. George German Rüdiger

14. Count Fyodor Rüdiger

29. ?

7. Countess Maria Rüdiger

30. Yulii von Krusenstern

15. Sofia von Krusenstern

31. ?

References

1. ^ U.S. Military Delegation Visits Georgia. Embassy of the United States to Georgia, February 15, 2001.
2. ^ Officers and Directors. Georgian Association in the United States of America. Accessed June 12, 2011.

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Name	Shalikashvili, Othar
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Date of birth	August 26, 1933
Place of birth	Milanówek, Poland
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