Tamaz Mechiauri
Tamaz Mechiauri (1 December 1954 – 15 February 2022) was a Georgian politician, engineer and economist.
Life and career
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.
In 1977, he was an engineer of Tianeti Household Services Division. He then worked as a teacher at the Tianeti 73rd SP School from 1980 to 1982. From 1982 to 1984 he held the position of Economist-Accountant of the Tianeti Agricultural Production Association. From 1984 to 1986 he served as Economist and Auditor of the Tianeti Agro-Industrial Union. Between 1986 and 1991, he was the chairman of Tianeti district union, and in 1991 he became the first deputy prefect of Tianeti district.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, from 1992 to 1995 he was the First Deputy Head of the State Tax Inspection Service and the Head of the State Tax Inspection of the Isani District of Tbilisi. Between 1995 and 1999 he was a member of the Parliament of Georgia of the 4th convocation (majoritarian). From 1999 to 2004, he was a Member of Parliament of Georgia for the 5th convocation (Tianeti majoritarian), election bloc: "Georgian Labor (Labor) Party". From 1995 to 2004 he was a member of the Finance and Budget Committee, Chairman of the Tax and Customs Subcommittee. In 2004 he became the head of the Gldani-Nadzaladevi district tax inspection. In 2007 he was the head of the tax inspection of Gori (Shida Kartli and Mtskheta-Mtianeti), as well as the head of the Telavi (Kakheti) Tax Inspection.[1] From 2012 to 2016, he was member of Parliament of Georgia for the 8th convocation by party list, election bloc: "Bidzina Ivanishvili - Georgian Dream". Mechiauri was the Chairman of the Finance and Budget Committee.
Mechiauri left Georgian Dream in 2016 due to disagreements,[2] and founded the party "For United Georgia", which was leaded by him before death. In 2017, he was elected Mayor of Tianeti Municipality. He resigned due to his participation in the parliamentary elections in 2020.[3] He died from complications of COVID-19 on 15 February 2022, at the age of 67.
References
- ^ http://www.nplg.gov.ge/bios/ka/00003281/
- ^ http://netgazeti.ge/news/116500/
- ^ "ამერიკის პრეზიდენტი ჩემზე ასაკოვანია, რა ნახა პრემიერმა ჩემს ასაკში ასეთი?! - ინტერვიუ თამაზ მეჭიაურთან". რადიო თავისუფლება (in Georgian). Retrieved 5 ნოემბერი, 2021.
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