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Zaal Udumashvili

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Zaliko Udumashvili
Member of Parliament
In office
11 December 2020 – 9 June 2022
Personal details
Born (1971-02-27) February 27, 1971 (age 53)
Tbilisi, Georgia
Political partyUnited National Movement
EducationTbilisi 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

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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

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  1. ^ a b "ზაალ უდუმაშვილი" [Zaal Udumashvili]. Parliament of Georgia (in Georgian). Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "ზაალ უდუმაშვილი" [Zaal Udumashvili]. Biographical Dictionary of Georgia (in Georgian). Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  3. ^ "არჩევნების შედეგების შემაჯამებელი" [Summary of Election Results] (PDF). Election Administration of Georgia (in Georgian). 1 November 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2023.