Tariel Shakrovych Vasadze ( uk, Таріел Шакрович Васадзе) (born October 15, 1947) is a
Ukrainian
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businessman of
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descent, chairman and main shareholder of the UkrAVTO JSC and UkrAVTO Group. He was the chief executive of UkrAVTO since 1983, leading this once state-owned company through
privatization
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and restructuring to a role of Ukraine's main automobile manufacturer, servicer and importer. Later Vasadze's business was diversified by entering the
insurance
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market. His wealth was estimated in 2007 at being around
US$
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780 million. But because car sales in Ukraine during 2009 fell by 72 percent his wealth was late 2010 estimated at US$230 million.#50 Richest:Tariel Vasadze, 63
Kyiv Post
The ''Kyiv Post'' is the oldest English-language newspaper in Ukraine, founded in October 1995 by Jed Sunden.
History
American Jed Sunden founded the ''Kyiv Post'' weekly newspaper on Oct. 18, 1995 and later created KP Media for his holdings. ...
(December 17, 2010)
Career
Vasadze participates in
Ukrainian politics
The politics of Ukraine take place in a framework of a semi-presidential republic and of a multi-party system. A Cabinet of Ministers exercises executive power (jointly with the president until 1996). Legislative power is vested in Ukraine's pa ...
, first as an advisor to
Prime Minister
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Anatoliy Kinakh
Anatoliy Kyrylovych Kinakh ( uk, Анатолій Кирилович Кінах) (born August 4, 1954) is a Ukrainians, Ukrainian politician and honorary professor at the Mykolaiv Government Humanitarian University. Kinakh is a former (long servi ...
Verkhovna Rada
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ( uk, Верхо́вна Ра́да Украї́ни, translit=, Verkhovna Rada Ukrainy, translation=Supreme Council of Ukraine, Ukrainian abbreviation ''ВРУ''), often simply Verkhovna Rada or just Rada, is the ...
(parliament) for
For United Ukraine
For United Ukraine! ( uk, «За Єдину Україну!», translit=Za Yedynu Ukrayinu!) was a political alliance and an electoral bloc in Ukraine founded in December 2001 to participate in the parliamentary election held on 30 March 2002.
...
. Then he joined six factions and/or parliamentary groups: including the For United Ukraine faction,
Labour Ukraine
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and
Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine
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. His main and open political goal is to lobby the interests of automotive industry, particularly to protect and harmonize the business conditions for both the local manufacturers and the importers. In 2005 Vasadze became a member of
Batkivschyna
The All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" ( uk, Всеукраїнське об'єднання "Батьківщина", translit=Vseukrains'ke obiednannia "Bat'kivshchyna") referred to as Batkivshchyna (), is a political party in Ukraine led by Peo ...
and thus part of the
Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc
The Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc ( uk, Блок Юлії Тимошенко, БЮТ; Blok Yuliyi Tymoshenko, BYuT) was the name of the bloc of political parties in Ukraine led by Yulia Tymoshenko since 2001. In November 2011, the participation of blocs ...
(BYuT).Dossier from information agency "ЛIГАБiзнесIнформ" During the
2006
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and
2007
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parliamentary elections, he was elected as a deputy to the Verkhovna Rada for this bloc. On December 2, 2010 Vasadze was excluded from the BYuT faction immediately after he voted for a new tax code as proposed by
President
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Viktor Yanukovych
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. Early September 2011 Vasadze joined the
Party of Regions
The Party of Regions ( uk, Партія регіонів, Partiia rehioniv, ; russian: Партия регионов, Partiya regionov) was a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine formed in late 1997 that then grew to be the biggest party of Uk ...
Ukrayinska Pravda
''Ukrainska Pravda'' ( uk, Українська правда, lit=Ukrainian Truth) is a Ukrainian online newspaper founded by Georgiy Gongadze on 16 April 2000 (the day of the Ukrainian constitutional referendum). Published mainly in Ukraini ...
(11 November 2012)
On January 16, 2014 he voted for the laws that conflict with Constitution of Ukraine, Convention about the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, obligations and duties of Ukraine as a member of the UNO, CE and OSCE.
In the
2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election
Snap elections to the Verkhovna Rada took place on 26 October 2014.
Petro Poroshenko, the President of Ukraine, had pressed for early parliamentary elections since his victory in the presidential election in May.Strong Ukraine
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Ukrayinska Pravda
''Ukrainska Pravda'' ( uk, Українська правда, lit=Ukrainian Truth) is a Ukrainian online newspaper founded by Georgiy Gongadze on 16 April 2000 (the day of the Ukrainian constitutional referendum). Published mainly in Ukraini ...
(October 1, 2014) In the election Strong Ukraine failed to clear the 5%
election threshold
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(it got 3.11% of the votes) thus Vasadze did not return to parliament.Poroshenko Bloc to have greatest number of seats in parliament ,
Ukrainian Television and Radio
UTR ( uk, Українське телебачення і радіомовлення; Ukrayins'ke telebachennya i radiomovlennya) is the Ukrainian state owned TV channel targeting a foreign Ukrainian-speaking audience. Programming is provided with ...
Interfax-Ukraine
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Interfax-Ukraine
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(8 November 2014)
Tariel Vasadze has been long-time-owner of a private business-jet aircraft. In early 2008 he received a
Bombardier Challenger The Challenger is a family of mid-sized business jets produced by Canadair, and later by Bombardier Aerospace.
Aircraft include:
* Bombardier Challenger 600 series, the original family of business jets, with the CL-600, CL-601, CL-604, and CL-605
...
605, serial number 5725, which was initially operated by Execujet wearing the registration D-ACUA. In 2011 the operation of this aircraft moved on to DC Aviation Germany. In 2013, Vasadze bought a factory-new
Gulfstream G550
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, serial number 5409 and registered as D-AKAR, replacing the Challenger. Both the political unrest and economical downdraft in the Ukraine as well as coherent huge personal loss of money forced Vasadze to sell his aircraft only one year later by the end of 2014.