Sandra Roelofs

Sandra Elisabeth Roelofs-Saakashvili (also spelled Saakasjvili;[a] née Roelofs; born 23 December 1968) is a Dutch-Georgian activist and diplomat who was the First Lady of Georgia from 2004 to 2013, when her husband Mikheil Saakashvili was president of the country.

She met Mikheil Saakashvili in 1993[3] in Strasbourg and later that year moved to New York City where she worked at Columbia University and a Dutch law firm.

[3] A few days before Saakashvili's October 2021 return to Georgia he recorded a video on Facebook with Ukrainian MP Yelyzaveta Yasko in which they disclosed they were having a romantic relationship.

[12] Roelofs had been "caught by surprise" by Yasko's and Saakashvili's video announcement and remarked on Facebook (on 7 October 2021) that "its form was absolutely unacceptable.

In 1998, Roelofs founded charity foundation SOCO 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.