Davyd Vazhayevych Zhvania (; ka, დავით ვაჟას ძე ჟვანია; 20 July 1967 – 9 May 2022)
was a Ukrainian politician who served as the Emergency Minister of Ukraine and as a People's Deputy of the

Verkhovna Rada The Verkhovna Rada ( ; VR), officially the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, is the unicameralism, unicameral parliament of Ukraine. It consists of 450 Deputy (legislator), deputies presided over by a speaker. The Verkhovna Rada meets in the Verkhovn ...

(Ukrainian's national parliament) from 2002 to 2010 for the pro-European Our Ukraine Bloc and from 2012 to 2014 for the pro-Russian

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Biography

Zhvania was born on 20 July 1967 in

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი, ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), ( ka, ტფილისი, tr ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia ( ...

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, then part of the

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. From 1986 to 1988 he served in the

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. In 1991 he graduated from the Faculty of National Economy Planning of the

Tbilisi State University Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University ( ka, ივანე ჯავახიშვილის სახელობის თბილისის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტი, tr; often shorten ...

. During the reign of

Zviad Gamsakhurdia Zviad Konstantines dze Gamsakhurdia ( ka, ზვიად კონსტანტინეს ძე გამსახურდია; ; 31 March 1939 – 31 December 1993) was a Georgian politician, human rights activist, dissident, profes ...

, he left

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Georgia may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Georgia (name), a list of pe ...

. He came to

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in 1991, and became a citizen in 1999. In the

2002 Ukrainian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Ukraine on 31 March 2002.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1976 The Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc, Our Ukraine bloc emerged as the largest faction in ...

Zhvania was elected to parliament for the Bloc of Viktor Yushchenko "Our Ukraine" political

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. Following the

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, that followed the

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that elected

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as president, Zhvania became Emergencies Minister in

Yulia Tymoshenko Yulia Volodymyrivna Tymoshenko ( Hrihyan born 27 November 1960) is a Ukrainian politician, who served as Prime Minister of Ukraine in 2005, and again from 2007 until 2010; the first and only woman in Ukraine to hold that position. She has been ...

government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a State (polity), state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive (government), execu ...

. In the 2006 parliamentary election Zhvania was reelected for this same coalition that was by then named Our Ukraine Bloc. The next year he achieved the same, but this time his political alliance was named Our Ukraine — People's Self-Defense. 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. Yushchenko did not provide evidence for his claim. In 2010 Zhvania was one of the founders of the People’s Self-Defense party. In July of that same year he joined the party Christian Democratic Union.Christian Democratic Union calls on Yanukovych to help end political wars
,

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(December 28, 2010) Zhvania took part in the

2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Ukraine on 28 October 2012.Parli ...

as an independent candidate in

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number 140 (

first-past-the-post First-past-the-post (FPTP)—also called choose-one, first-preference plurality (FPP), or simply plurality—is a single-winner voting rule. Voters mark one candidate as their favorite, or First-preference votes, first-preference, and the cand ...

wins a parliament seat) located in the town Illichivsk. He was (re-)elected in parliament after winning the district with 37,02% of the vote.Counting of votes in the 2012 elections: 114 regional candidates go to the Verkhovna Rada in majority constituencies (updated)

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(2 November 2012)Список депутатів нової Верховнсї Ради
,

Ukrayinska Pravda ''Ukrainska Pravda'' is a Ukrainian socio-political online media outlet founded by Heorhii Gongadze in April 2000. After Gongadze’s death in September 2000, the editorial team was led by co-founder Olena Prytula, who remained the editor-in ...

(11 November 2012) In parliament Zhvania in December 2012 he joined the

faction.Rada approves composition of all committees
,

(25 December 2012) In the

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Zhvania, this time as a candidate for

Petro Poroshenko Bloc European Solidarity (, ; , YeS) is a political party in Ukraine. It has its roots in a parliamentary group called Solidarity dating from 2000 and has existed since in various forms as a political outlet for Petro Poroshenko. The party with its the ...

, failed to get reelected in constituency number 140.Biography of Davyd Zhvania
Chesno He finished third with 9,49% of the votes.Self-nominated Hulyaev beats Zhvania in District No. 140 of the Odesa region, - 100% of CEC protocols

(31 October 2014) Zhvania died on 9 May 2022 in shelling near the village of Novopokrovka,

Zaporizhzhia Oblast Zaporizhzhia Oblast (), commonly referred to as Zaporizhzhia (), is an oblast (region) in south-east Ukraine. Its administrative centre is the city of Zaporizhzhia. The oblast covers an area of , and has a population of The oblast is an import ...

during the

Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...

References

External links

Personal web-site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zhvania, Davyd 1967 births 2022 deaths Politicians from Tbilisi Emigrants from Georgia (country) to Ukraine Party of Regions politicians Our Ukraine (political party) politicians Christian Democratic Union (Ukraine) politicians Emergency ministers of Ukraine Tbilisi State University alumni Fourth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada Fifth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada Sixth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada Seventh convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class Civilians killed in the Russian invasion of Ukraine Soviet border guards Government of Yulia Tymoshenko Politicians murdered in Ukraine