Davyd Arakhamia


Davyd Heorhiyovych Arakhamia is a Ukrainian politician, businessman and volunteer of Georgian descent. He is a member of the Servant of the People political party. Arakhamia was elected to the Verkhovna Rada in 2019. In parliament he was elected as his party's faction leader on 29 August 2019.

Biography

Arakhamia was born born on 23 May 1979 in Sochi in the Russian FSSR of the Soviet Union. He lived in Gagra in Georgia until in 1992, fleeing the war in Abkhazia, he moved with his parents to Mykolaiv.
Arakhamia studied Economics at the. Arakhamia passed the Professional Management master course at Open University.
Arakhamia is a co-founder of several IT companies including TemplateMonster and Weblium.
In March 2014 Arahamia, along with friends, started a website to raise funds for the equipment of the paratroopers of the 79th Airmobile Brigade.
Arakhamia was appointed as an Adviser to the Governor of Mykolaiv Oblast in August 2014. In October 2014, he became Adviser to the Minister of Defense and Chairman of the Council of Volunteers at the Ministry of Defense.
Secretary of the since August 2019.
Head of the party faction Servant of the People.

Personal life

Arrakhamia has remarried after his first marriage. He has three children.
Arrakhamia has been involved in public scandals. In February 2020, while participating in the program of the, Arakhamia announced the possibility of restoring water supply to the Crimea. And in June 2020 Arakhamia fell into a sexist scandal, when he was heard allegedly discussing with the head of the Servant of the People party Oleksandr Kornienko, the appearance of a people's deputy. A few days later Kornienko apologized but admitted that the two men were overheard discussing the looks of their party's mayoral candidate Tetiana Dombrovska.

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