Tamaz Mechiauri
Tamaz Mechiauri (1 December 1954 – 15 February 2022) was a Georgian politician, engineer and economist.
Early life and education
Mechiauri was born on 1 December 1954, in the village of Zhebota, in the Tianeti district of the [[[Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic|Georgian SSR]]. He graduated from Tbilisi Komarov Physics and Mathematics Boarding School, then Tbilisi State University, Faculty of Engineering and Economics.
Career
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
- ^ a b "თამაზ მეჭიაური". NPLG. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
- ^ "თამაზ მეჭიაურმა "ქართული ოცნება" დატოვა". NETGAZETI.ge (in Georgian). Retrieved 2022-02-15.
- ^ "Former MP Tamaz Mechiauri dies of coronavirus". Agenda.ge. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
- ^ "ამერიკის პრეზიდენტი ჩემზე ასაკოვანია, რა ნახა პრემიერმა ჩემს ასაკში ასეთი?! - ინტერვიუ თამაზ მეჭიაურთან". რადიო თავისუფლება (in Georgian). Retrieved 15 February 2022.