Zaal Udumashvili
Zaliko Udumashvili | |
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Member of Parliament | |
In office 11 December 2020 – 9 June 2022 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Tbilisi, Georgia | February 27, 1971
Political party | United National Movement |
Education | Tbilisi Zoology University |
Zaal (Zaliko) Udumashvili (born 27 February 1971) is a Georgian journalist and politician who served in the Parliament of Georgia from 2020 until 2022 as a member of the United National Movement. He was a candidate in the 2017 Tbilisi mayoral election, placing third.
Biography
Zaal Udumashvili was born on 27 February 1971 in Tbilisi, Georgia. He graduated from the Tbilisi Zoology University in 1995 with a degree in zootechnics. Between 1992 and 2017, he was a journalist for several news outlets in Georgia, including Second Channel and Rustavi 2. Udumashvili has been a member of the political council of the United National Movement since 2017.[1][2]
Udumashvili ran for mayor of Tbilisi in the 2017 election, placing third with 17% of the vote.[3] In the 2020 Georgian parliamentary election, he was elected to the Parliament of Georgia as a party list candidate. While in parliament, he was a member of the European Integration Committee. He left office on 9 June 2022.[1][2]
In 2013, Udumashvili was awarded the Presidential Order of Excellence.[2]
References
- ^ a b "ზაალ უდუმაშვილი" [Zaal Udumashvili]. Parliament of Georgia (in Georgian). Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ a b c "ზაალ უდუმაშვილი" [Zaal Udumashvili]. Biographical Dictionary of Georgia (in Georgian). Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ "არჩევნების შედეგების შემაჯამებელი" [Summary of Election Results] (PDF). Election Administration of Georgia (in Georgian). 1 November 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
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