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Mechiauri left [[Georgian Dream]] in 2016 due to disagreements,<ref>{{Cite web|title=თამაზ მეჭიაურმა "ქართული ოცნება" დატოვა|url=https://netgazeti.ge/news/116500/|access-date=2022-02-15|website=NETGAZETI.ge|language=ka}}</ref> and founded the party "For United Georgia", which he led before death.
Mechiauri left [[Georgian Dream]] in 2016 due to disagreements,<ref>{{Cite web|title=თამაზ მეჭიაურმა "ქართული ოცნება" დატოვა|url=https://netgazeti.ge/news/116500/|access-date=2022-02-15|website=NETGAZETI.ge|language=ka}}</ref> and founded the party "For United Georgia", which he led before death.


In 2017, he was elected Mayor of [[Tianeti]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Former MP Tamaz Mechiauri dies of coronavirus|url=https://agenda.ge/en/news/2022/324|access-date=2022-02-15|website=Agenda.ge}}</ref>, but later resigned due to his participation in the parliamentary elections in 2020.<ref>{{cite news |title=ამერიკის პრეზიდენტი ჩემზე ასაკოვანია, რა ნახა პრემიერმა ჩემს ასაკში ასეთი?! - ინტერვიუ თამაზ მეჭიაურთან |url=https://www.radiotavisupleba.ge/a/31528656.html |access-date=15 February 2022 |work=რადიო თავისუფლება |language=ka}}</ref>
In 2017, he was elected Mayor of [[Tianeti]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Former MP Tamaz Mechiauri dies of coronavirus|url=https://agenda.ge/en/news/2022/324|access-date=2022-02-15|website=Agenda.ge}}</ref> but later resigned due to his participation in the parliamentary elections in 2020.<ref>{{cite news |title=ამერიკის პრეზიდენტი ჩემზე ასაკოვანია, რა ნახა პრემიერმა ჩემს ასაკში ასეთი?! - ინტერვიუ თამაზ მეჭიაურთან |url=https://www.radiotavisupleba.ge/a/31528656.html |access-date=15 February 2022 |work=რადიო თავისუფლება |language=ka}}</ref>


He died from complications of [[COVID-19]] on 15 February 2022, at the age of 67.<ref name="NPLG"/>
He died from complications of [[COVID-19]] on 15 February 2022, at the age of 67.<ref name="NPLG"/>
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Latest revision as of 09:49, 24 November 2024

Tamaz Mechiauri
თამაზ მეჭიაური
Mayor of Tianeti
In office
2017–2021
Member of the Parliament of Georgia
In office
2012–2016
Personal details
Born(1954-12-01)1 December 1954
Tianeti, Georgian SSR
Died15 February 2022(2022-02-15) (aged 67)
Tbilisi, Georgia
Political partyTamaz Mechiauri for United Georgia (2016-2022)
Georgian Dream (2011-2016)
Alma materTbilisi State University

Tamaz Mechiauri (1 December 1954 – 15 February 2022) was a Georgian politician, engineer, and economist.

Early life and education

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Mechiauri was born on 1 December 1954, in the village of Zhebota, in the Tianeti district of the Georgian SSR. He graduated from Tbilisi Komarov Physics and Mathematics Boarding School, then Tbilisi State University, Faculty of Engineering and Economics.

Career

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In 1995, Mechiauri was elected as a member of the Parliament of Georgia and served until 2004.[1] He was later elected again to the Parliament of Georgia, for Georgian Dream, and served from 2012 till 2016.

Mechiauri left Georgian Dream in 2016 due to disagreements,[2] and founded the party "For United Georgia", which he led before death.

In 2017, he was elected Mayor of Tianeti,[3] but later resigned due to his participation in the parliamentary elections in 2020.[4]

He died from complications of COVID-19 on 15 February 2022, at the age of 67.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "თამაზ მეჭიაური". NPLG. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  2. ^ "თამაზ მეჭიაურმა "ქართული ოცნება" დატოვა". NETGAZETI.ge (in Georgian). Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  3. ^ "Former MP Tamaz Mechiauri dies of coronavirus". Agenda.ge. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  4. ^ "ამერიკის პრეზიდენტი ჩემზე ასაკოვანია, რა ნახა პრემიერმა ჩემს ასაკში ასეთი?! - ინტერვიუ თამაზ მეჭიაურთან". რადიო თავისუფლება (in Georgian). Retrieved 15 February 2022.