Zaal Udumashvili

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.

Zaliko Udumashvili
Udumashvili in 2017
Member of Parliament
In office 11 December 2020 – 9 June 2022
Personal details
Born	(1971-02-27) February 27, 1971 (age 54) Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Political party	United National Movement
Education	Tbilisi Zoology University

Biography

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 and 2022-present, he was a journalist for several news outlets in Georgia, including Second Channel and Rustavi 2 Now he's on TV Pirveli. 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]