His father General Panteleimon Giorgadze, a World War II veteran and the former head of United Communist Party of Georgia, wanted his son to receive military education.
He has been awarded fifteen government decorations, including the "For Merit in Combat" medal and holds the title of "Honorary Officer of the KGB of the USSR".
[citation needed] During the 1992-1993 civil war between the adherents of the first Georgian president Zviad Gamsakhurdia and his opponents, Igor Giorgadze sided with Eduard Shevardnadze and in 1993, was appointed the country's Minister of State Security.
During his ministerial tenure Giorgadze actively promoted working relations with the special services of Turkey, Russia, the United States and grew in considerable influence in the Georgian government.
On 6 September 2006 Georgian police arrested over 30 members of the "Samartlianoba" party and its satellite political groups in a round-up in the nation's capital Tbilisi and elsewhere in the country.
[citation needed] Georgian media quoted President Saakashvili as saying, "These people will receive what they deserve and their patrons and sponsors will see this.
The wine embargo [by Russia] has failed to bring results, military provocations as well; so this kind of things [plotting coup] has been left on their disposal, but these attempts will not harm us if we are consolidated.