Aleko Elisashvili

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Aleko Elisashvili
ალეკო ელისაშვილი
Member of the Parliament of Georgia
Assumed office
2020
Chairman of Citizens
Assumed office
August 4, 2020
Member of the Tbilisi City Assembly
In office
2014–2017
Preceded byZaza Sinauridze
Succeeded byDavid Utmelidze
ConstituencySaburtalo District
Chairman of the State Pardon Commission
In office
2013–2014
Preceded byElene Tevdoradze
Succeeded byZviad Koridze
Personal details
Born (1978-01-17) 17 January 1978 (age 46)
Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, USSR
Political partyCitizens (2020–)
Independent (2014–2020)
Alma materTbilisi State University
Military career
Allegiance Ukraine
Service/branch Territorial Defense Forces
  • International Legion of Territorial Defense of Ukraine
Years of service2022–present
RankVolunteer
Battles/warsRusso-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

Aleksandre (Aleko) Elisashvili (born 17 January 1978) is a Georgian political figure who has served in the Parliament of Georgia since 2020.

Elisashvili started his political career as an activist within a civic preservation group. He was an independent member of the Tbilisi city assembly until 2017, when he was an independent candidate in the Tbilisi Mayoral Elections. He took second place with 69,803 votes (17.4%).[1] He is the chairman of the "Aleko Elisashvili – Citizens" party.[2]

In 2022, responding to the

International Legion of Territorial Defense of Ukraine.[3]

On 15 April 2024, he punched majority leader Mamuka Mdinaradze during a parliamentary session about a 'foreign agents' bill which is opposed by opposition parties and The European Union.[4][5]

Biography

  • Radio Liberty, journalist (2004–2007)
  • Channel 9, news correspondent (2004–2007)
  • Union of Guardians of Tiflis, "Tiflis Guild", Chair (2006–2012)
  • Maestro, journalist (2007–2009)
  • Caucasus, journalist (2008–2016)
  • Tbilisi City Assembly, Independent Single Mandate Member (2014–2017)
  • State Pardon Commission, Chair (2013–2014)
  • "Civil Movement of Georgia", Chair (2018–2020)
  • Party "Aleko Elisashvili-Citizens", Chair (2020–present)[6]
  • International Legion of Territorial Defense of Ukraine
    (2022–present)

References

  1. ^ "კახა კალაძემ თბილისის მერის არჩევნებში გაიმარჯვა". imedinews.ge. Archived from the original on 8 April 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  2. ^ "The Central Election Commission has summed up the 31 October 2020 Parliamentary Elections of Georgia". CEC. 3 December 2020. Archived from the original on 15 December 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Georgian MP Says Joins Fight in Ukraine". Civil Georgia. 14 March 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  4. ^ https://www.interpressnews.ge/en/article/130843-aleko-elisashvili-physically-confronted-the-leader-of-the-parliamentary-majority-mamuka-mdinaradze
  5. ^ https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/hundreds-georgians-protest-parliament-set-advance-foreign-agent-bill-2024-04-15/
  6. ^ "ალეკო ელისაშვილმა ახალი პოლიტიკური პარტია „მოქალაქეები" წარადგინა". 4 August 2020.

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