Davyd Arakhamia
Davyd Heorhiyovych Arakhamia (; ; born 23 May 1979), also known by the name David Braun, is a Ukrainian politician, businessman and volunteer of Georgian descent. He is a member of the Servant of the People political party. Arakhamia was elected to the Verkhovna Rada in 2019. In parliament he was elected as his party's faction leader on 29 August 2019. Biography. Arakhamia was born on 23 May 1979 in Sochi, Soviet Union. He lived in Gagra in Georgia until in 1992, fleeing the war in Abkhazia, he moved with his parents to (the Ukrainian city) Mykolaiv. Arakhamia studied  Economics at the . Arakhamia passed the Professional Management master course at the Open University in London. He is a co-founder of several IT companies including TemplateMonster and Weblium. In March 2014 Arahamia, along with friends, started a website to raise funds for the equipment of the paratroopers of the 79th Airmobile Brigade. Arakhamia was appointed as an Adviser to the Governor of Mykolaiv Oblast in August 2014. In October 2014, he became Adviser to the Minister of Defense and Chairman of the Council of Volunteers at the Ministry of Defense. He has served as Secretary of the since August  2019. Arakhamia heads the party faction Servant of the People. During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Arakhamia was part of a close circle of advisors who remained in the capital of Kyiv with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. On February 28, Arakhamia was named a member of the negotiating team sent to Pripyat on the Ukraine-Belarus border for talks on a potential ceasefire. Recognition. In 2019—2021, Arakhamia is in the top 100 influential people of Ukraine according to the "Novoe Vremya" magazine, ranking 36th, 43rd and 37th place, respectively. In 2020, Davyd Arakhamia took 21st place in the top 100  most influential Ukrainians according to the "Focus" magazine. In 2021 he took 6th place. Personal life. Arakhamia has remarried after his first marriage. He has six children.