Georgia's ex-president Giorgi Margvelashvili swaps politics for Airbnb
DUSHETI, Georgia - Former presidents often take to the lucrative global lecture circuit, join the boards of major corporations, or set up their own foundations. Georgia’s low key ex-president has taken a different path: becoming an Airbnb landlord.
Turning his back on frontline politics at the end of last year, the 49-year-old and his young family live in the provincial town of Dusheti, 60 kilometers north-west of the capital Tbilisi, where he has started renting out a cottage near his own house to supplement his income. Margvelashvili, who has no state pension to fall back on, has also turned to carpentry, making furniture and other objects, some of which he uses to furnish his rental property located in a peaceful countryside setting.
He said some visitors, mainly Georgians, knew that he used to be the country’s president, while for others, such as tourists from other former Soviet republics or from European countries, it came as a surprise.
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