Davyd Zhvania

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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Vazhayevych and the family name is Zhvania.

Davyd Zhvania
Давид Жванія
Emergency Minister of Ukraine
In office
4 February 2005 – 27 September 2005
PresidentViktor Yushchenko
Prime MinisterYulia Tymoshenko
Preceded byHryhoriy Reva [uk; ru]
Succeeded byViktor Baloha
Personal details
Born(1967-07-20)20 July 1967
Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Died9 May 2022(2022-05-09) (aged 54)
Novopokrovka, Ukraine
Political party
Alma materTbilisi State University
Websitehttp://www.zhvaniya.com/

Davyd Vazhayevych Zhvania (

Emergency Minister of Ukraine[2][3] and as a People's Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian's national parliament) from 2002 to 2010 for the pro-European Our Ukraine Bloc and from 2012 to 2014 for the pro-Russian Party of Regions.[4][5]

Biography

Zhvania was born on 20 July 1967 in

USSR.[4]

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.

In the 2002 Ukrainian parliamentary election Zhvania was elected to parliament for the Bloc of Viktor Yushchenko "Our Ukraine" political coalition.[4]

Following the

government.[2][6]

In the 2006 parliamentary election Zhvania was reelected for this same coalition that was by then named Our Ukraine Bloc.[4] The next year he achieved the same, but this time his political alliance was named Our Ukraine — People's Self-Defense.[4]

In July 2008 Yushchenko accused Zhvania, the godfather of one of his children, of involvement in his dioxin poisoning during the Ukrainian presidential election campaign in September 2004.[7] Yushchenko did not provide evidence for his claim.[7]

In 2010 Zhvania was one of the founders of the

People’s Self-Defense party.[8] In July of that same year he joined the party Christian Democratic Union.[8]

Zhvania took part in the

Illichivsk.[9][10] He was (re-)elected in parliament after winning the district with 37,02% of the vote.[11][12] In parliament Zhvania in December 2012 he joined the Party of Regions faction.[13]

In the

Petro Poroshenko Bloc, failed to get reelected in constituency number 140.[4] He finished third with 9,49% of the votes.[14]

Zhvania died on 9 May 2022 in

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Экс-нардеп Жвания погиб во время обстрела — Геращенко (in Russian)
  2. ^ a b "Government portal :: Emergency management Minister Davyd Zhvania to open exhibition of fire-fighting equipment in Kyiv". Archived from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Government portal :: Davyd Zhvaniya says emergency management Ministry is ready for Eurovision 2005".[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ a b c d e f (in Ukrainian) Biography of Davyd Zhvania, Chesno
  5. ^ "The Committee on State Building and Local Self-Government held its first meeting and considered a number of organizational issues".
  6. ^ "Government portal :: Davyd Zhvaniya says emergency management Ministry is ready for Eurovision 2005".[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ a b Bill Meyer (24 July 2009). "Ukraine president blames former ally for poisoning". Retrieved 11 February 2010.
  8. ^ a b Christian Democratic Union calls on Yanukovych to help end political wars Archived January 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Kyiv Post (December 28, 2010)
  9. Central Election Commission of Ukraine
  10. ^ Powers of Persuasion Archived March 28, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, The Ukrainian Week (28 September 2012)
  11. RBC Ukraine
    (2 November 2012)
  12. Ukrayinska Pravda
    (11 November 2012)
  13. ^ Rada approves composition of all committees Archived January 8, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Kyiv Post (25 December 2012)
  14. RBC Ukraine
    (31 October 2014)

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