Davyd Zhvania

Davyd Zhvania
Давид Жванія
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
PresidentViktor Yushchenko
Prime MinisterYulia Tymoshenko
Preceded byHryhoriy Reva [uk; ru]
Succeeded byViktor Baloha
Personal details
Born(1967-07-20)20 July 1967
Tbilisi, 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 (Ukrainian: Давид Важаєвич Жванія; Georgian: დავით ვაჟას ძე ჟვანია; 20 July 1967 – 9 May 2022)[1] was a Ukrainian politician who served as the 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]

  1. ^ Экс-нардеп Жвания погиб во время обстрела — Геращенко (in Russian)
  2. ^ "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. ^ Cite error: The named reference ChesnobioZhvania was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "The Committee on State Building and Local Self-Government held its first meeting and considered a number of organizational issues".