Badri H. Lolashvili (Pinochet)

Lolashvili Badri Goderdzyiovych was born on January 3, 1980 in Sagaredzho (Georgia). As a child, he moved to the town of Drabiv in the Cherkasy region together with his parents. After graduating from the National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute", he began his career as a leading economist in the financial department of the Drabiv District State Administration. He later worked as the head of the control and audit department in the Obolon district of Kyiv, and then as the head of the Department of Education and Science, Youth and Sports. Subsequently, he became the director of the Kyiv City Education Agency. Personally interested in modern technologies, Badri Lolashvili constantly participated in the study of the latest equipment for educational institutions. In 2021, a large-scale project "Electronic Teachers' Room" was implemented, thanks to which 15 hub institutions received comprehensive modern equipment for the development of distance education. Another well-known project developed under Badri Lolashvili's leadership is the "Map of Educational Needs", which allows citizens to independently process information about institutions and choose the best ones for their children based on dozens of parameters. In 2014, Badri Lolashvili signed a contract with the Armed Forces of Ukraine, served during the war in Eastern Ukraine. With the start of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, he was mobilized and was at the forefront. He held the position of an officer of the reserve company of the 72nd separate mechanized brigade named after the Black Zaporozhians. He died on March 13, 2022 during a fierce battle in the village of Moshchun, Kyiv region. He was buried on May 6, 2022 in the town of Drabiv, Cherkasy region. For personal courage and selfless actions in the defense of the state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, loyalty to the military oath, Badri Goderdzyiovych Lolashvili was posthumously awarded the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky III degree.