Davyd Zhvania
Davyd Zhvania | |
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| People's Deputy of Ukraine | |
| In office 31 March 2002 – 27 November 2014 | |
| Emergency Minister of Ukraine | |
| In office 4 February 2005 – 27 September 2005 | |
| President | Viktor Yushchenko |
| Prime Minister | Yulia Tymoshenko |
| Preceded by | Hryhoriy Reva |
| Succeeded by | Viktor Baloha |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 July 1967 Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, USSR |
| Died | 9 May 2022 (aged 54) Novopokrovka, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine |
| Political party | Party of Regions (2013) Christian Democratic Union (2010 — 2012) Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc (2007 — 2010) Our Ukraine Bloc (2002 — 2007) |
| Alma mater | Tbilisi State University |
| Website | http://www.zhvaniya.com/ |
Davyd Vazhayevych Zhvania (Ukrainian: Давид Важаєвич Жванія; Georgian: დავით ვაჟას ძე ჟვანია; 20 July 1967 – 9 May 2022)[1] was a Ukrainian politician who served as emergency situations minister,[2][3] People's Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine IV-VII convocations, head of the Committee on State Building, and Local Self-Government (2012—2014).[4]
Biography
From 1986 to 1988 he served in the Soviet Border Troops. In 1991 he graduated from the Faculty of National Economy Planning of the Tbilisi State University. During the reign of Zviad Gamsakhurdia, he left Georgia. He came to Ukraine in 1991, and became a citizen in 1999.
He died in a shelling near the village of Novopokrovka, Zaporozhye region during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[5]
References
- ^ Экс-нардеп Жвания погиб во время обстрела — Геращенко (in Russian)
- ^ "Government portal :: Emergency management Minister Davyd Zhvania to open exhibition of fire-fighting equipment in Kyiv".
- ^ "Government portal :: Davyd Zhvaniya says emergency management Ministry is ready for Eurovision 2005".
- ^ "The Committee on State Building and Local Self-Government held its first meeting and considered a number of organizational issues".
- ^ Экс-нардеп Жвания погиб во время обстрела — Геращенко (in Russian)
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