Vano Zodelava
Ivane Zodelava | |
|---|---|
ივანე ზოდელავა | |
Zurab Chiaberashvili | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 2, 1957 Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union (now Georgia) |
| Died | February 5, 2019 (aged 61) Tbilisi |
| Political party | Union of Citizens of Georgia |
| Alma mater | Tbilisi State University |
Ivane "Vano" Zodelava (Georgian: ივანე [ვანო] ზოდელავა; 2 May 1957 – 5 February 2019) was a Georgian politician who served as Mayor of Tbilisi from 10 August 1998 to 19 April 2004.
Early career
Born in
Soviet Georgia, Zodelava graduated from the Tbilisi State University (TSU) with a degree in engineering in 1978. After a brief academic career at the TSU, he became involved with the Komsomol, a Communist political youth organization in the Soviet Union in 1981. He advanced through the Communist Party ranks and served as head of the Ordzhonikidze district in Tbilisi from 1990 to 1991. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Zodelava was involved in private entrepreneurship before becoming head of the Tbilisi Revenue Inspection service in 1996 and Deputy Premier of the Tbilisi Municipality in 1997. He then served as mayor of Poti, a maritime city in western Georgia, from 1997 to 1998.[1]
Mayor of Tbilisi
On 10 August 1998,
Zurab Chiaberashvili in his stead.[4]
After 2004, Zodeleva distanced himself from politics. He was severely injured in a car accident near Tbilisi in July 2017 and died in coma on 5 February 2019.[5]
References
- ^ "ვანო ზოდელავა (1957–2019)". Biographical Dictionary of Georgia (in Georgian). National Parliamentary Library of Georgia. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
- ^ "Georgia earthquake kills three". BBC News. 25 April 2002. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
- ^ "Council vs. Mayor". Civil Georgia. 19 November 2002. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
- ^ "Tbilisi Mayor dismissed". The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst. 19 April 2004. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
- ^ "Former mayor of Tbilisi dies in traffic accident on the way back from Azerbaijan". Report News Agency. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2019.