Zurab Zhvania

Zurab Zhvania ზურაბ ჟვანია
4th Prime Minister of Georgia
In office 17 February 2004 – 3 February 2005
President	Mikheil Saakashvili
Preceded by	Office established; Himself as the State Minister of Georgia
Succeeded by	Mikheil Saakashvili (Acting)
State Minister of Georgia
In office 7 November 2003 – 17 February 2004
President	Mikheil Saakashvili
Preceded by	Avtandil Jorbenadze
Succeeded by	Office abolished; himself as the Prime Minister of Georgia
Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia
In office 25 November 1995 – 1 November 2001
President	Eduard Shevardnadze
Preceded by	Office established; Eduard Shevardnadze as the Chairman of the Parliament - Head of State of Georgia; Vakhtang Goguadze as the Speaker of the Parliament
Succeeded by	Nino Burjanadze
Member of the Parliament of Georgia
In office 25 November 1995 – 5 February 2004
General Secretary of the Union of Citizens of Georgia
Personal details
Born	9 December 1963 (1963-12-09) Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, USSR (now Georgia)
Died	3 February 2005 (2005-02-04) (aged 41) Tbilisi, Georgia
Political party	United National Movement (2003-2005) United Democrats (2002-2003) Union of Citizens of Georgia (1995-2002) Green Party of Georgia (1992-1995)
Alma mater	Tbilisi State University

Zurab Zhvania (Georgian: ზურაბ ჟვანია; 9 December 1963 – 3 February 2005) was a Georgian politician, who was Prime Minister of Georgia and Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia. In 1995 he became the chairman of parliament and was speaker to 1999. In 2003, Zhvania united with other opposition leaders, Burdjanadze and Saakashvili, held non-violent protests against the government ended with Rose Revolution and resignation of Eduard Shevardnaze. Zhvania became prime minister and served until his death in 2005.

Other websites

• Report on Zhvania's death by the BBC
• Zurab Zhvania, Prime Minister of Georgia who looked to the West and for consensus after his country's Rose Revolution, The Times
• Article from Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine Kommersant.
• (in Georgian) Zurab Zhvania memorial page at the Government of Georgia website

Political offices
Preceded by Avtandil Jorbenadze	State Minister of Georgia 2003–2004	Succeeded by —
Preceded by —	Prime Minister of Georgia 2004–2005	Succeeded by Zurab Nogaideli