Levan Bezhashvili
Levan Bezhashvili | |
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Bezhashvili in 2022 | |
| Acting Chairman of the UNM Faction in Parliament | |
| In office 8 June 2024 – 25 November 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Tinatin Bokuchava |
| Succeeded by | position abolished |
| Member of the Parliament of Georgia | |
| In office 11 December 2020 – 25 November 2024 | |
| In office 21 October 2012 – 18 November 2016 | |
| In office 22 April 2004 – 15 February 2008 | |
| Chairman of the Chamber of Control of Georgia | |
| In office 15 July 2008 – 23 July 2012 | |
| President | Mikheil Saakashvili |
| Preceded by | Levan Choladze |
| Succeeded by | Lasha Tordia |
| Governor of Kakheti | |
| In office 15 February 2008 – 15 July 2008 | |
| President | Mikheil Saakashvili |
| Preceded by | Gia Natsvlishvili |
| Succeeded by | Giorgi Gviniashvili |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 November 1974 |
| Party | United National Movement |
| Education | Tbilisi State University |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Levan Bezhashvili (Georgian: ლევან ბეჟაშვილი; born 9 November 1974) is a Georgian lawyer and politician who has served as a Member of Parliament from the United National Movement from 2020 to 2024, with previous stints in 2004–2008 and 2012–2016. A former official during the presidency of Mikheil Saakashvili, he joined the government following the Rose Revolution of 2003, becoming Deputy Minister of Justice and an influential chairman of the Legal Affairs Committee in Parliament, spearheading the Saakashvili administration's structural and legal reforms. After a brief term as Governor of Kakheti in 2008, he became chairman of the Chamber of Control, leading the audit agency as it saw its powers increase to oversee political campaign funding ahead of the 2012 parliamentary elections.
A vocal critique of the Georgian Dream-led government, he currently serves as chair of UNM's Political Council and of the UNM Faction in Parliament.