Background
An ethnic Ossetian, Leri Khabelov was born in Tbilisi, then-Soviet Georgia in 1964.
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Leri Khabelov
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From 1993 to 1996, he contested for the Russian Federation. He has been a vice-president of the Georgian National Olympic Committee from 2000 to 2007 and deputy chairman of the Sports Department of Georgia from 1998 to 2004. Leri Khabelov became involved in the Georgian politics in 2008, when he ran, unsuccessfully, in the parliamentary election on a ticket of the opposition Republican Party of Georgia.
He was elected to the Parliament in the October 1, 2012 election and became a chairman of the parliamentary Committee for Sport and Youth Affairs on October 21, 2012.
Achievements
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His achievements included being the Champion of the XXV Olympic Games (1992 Barcelona), second-prize winner of the XXIV Olympic Games (1988 Seoul), five-fold World Champion (1985, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993) and third-prize winner (1995), four-fold European Champion (1985, 1987, 1988, 1992), winner of the World Cup (1991), World Champion among boys (1982)and youths (1983), three-fold Champion of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics (1985, 1987, 1988), Champion of the IX Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Peoples Spartaciads (1986). Foreign his contribution to the sports, he has been granted the title of Honored Master of Sports by the Soviet Union and the Vakhtang Gorgasali Order, 2nd Class, and the Order of Honor by Georgia.
Politics
In 2012, he was elected to the Parliament of Georgia on a ticket of the Georgian Dream party. In 2012, he joined the new opposition party Georgian Dream spearheaded by the tycoon Bidzina Ivanishvili.
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Order of Honor
The Order of Honor is offered for special services to the protection of the state and national interests of the Republic of Armenia, to its independence and to the strengthening of democracy, as well as for significant contribution to the establishment, strengthening and development of friendship with the Republic of Armenia and the promotion of peace between nations.The Order of Honor is offered for special services to the protection of the state and national interests of the Republic of Armenia, to its independence and to the strengthening of democracy, as well as for significant contribution to the establishment, strengthening and development of friendship with the Republic of Armenia and the promotion of peace between nations.