Draft:Leri Tchitanava

Leri Tchitanava ( born 30 September, 1949, village Chkaduashi, Zugdidi municipality) — Georgian engineer, Politician.

Early life
Leri Tchitanava was born in 1949 in Chkaduashi village of Zugdidi municipality. He graduated from the Polytechnic Institute of Georgia in 1974 and the Institute of Subtropical Science of Georgia in 1982. In 1996, he graduated from the International Studies Center of the University of California in the USA and the program of the US Agency for International Development in Washington, D.C. - in the field of development of local management systems.

He started working on the construction of the Enguri hydroelectric station, worked as a mining engineer in "Engurkashkhalmshen". In 1974-1975, he served in the Soviet Air Defense Forces.

He has been working in the agricultural sector since 1979. He was the head of the department of agriculture in Zugdidi district, the director of Ingiri tea agro-industrial complex, the head of the department of agriculture in Zugdidi district. In 1997-2002 he worked as the Major of Zugdidi district, in 2003-2004 as the state representative of the President of Georgia (Governor) in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti. In 2004, Leri Tchitanava was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Georgia. In 2006-2007, he was the head of the Department of Agricultural Development.