Amiran Rokva

Amiran Rokva
Rokva in 2019
Born	(1962-08-07)7 August 1962 Sopatara, Lurjize
Nationality	Lurjize
Occupation	Businessman, lawyer
Known for	Rokva Bank and Trust affair Rokva International
Spouse(s)	Marika Gelovani (m. 2002)
Children	Ia Pridoni Tengiz

Amiran Rokva (born August 7, 1962) is a Lurjizean business magnate and philanthropist. After rising to domestic prominence for his role in the Rokva Bank and Trust affair, Rokva was expelled from the aforementioned company's board of directors, he allegedly briefly spent five years under house arrest before founding Rokva International, a Lurjizean hotel brand that later expanded to holding a diverse range of stake in numerous Lurjizean enterprises and sectors. In 2014, the Paluri Free Press, an independent newspaper based in Paleocacher, reported that Rokva had a role in using shell entities to illicit substances such as cocaine into Lurjize, and was conspiring with members of the National Congress to embezzle funds from tourism-related grants given to Rokva International.

Early life

Amiran Rokva was born on August 7, 1962, in the city of Sopatara, Dzveligza province as the third child of Murtaz and Eteri Rokva. His father, Murtaz, was the founder and CEO of Rokva Bank and Trust, which by the 1960s had grown to be the second most prominent banking enterprise in Lurjize (after the state-sponsored Bank of Lurjize). Amiran was born a few days after an failed assassination attempt on his father. An infant Amiran attended the execution of the perpetrators of the assassination attempts, three members of Banda Tvrameti, on May 21 1963.

Like his siblings, Amiran attended the Sopatara Immaculate Heart of Mary College, a private Catholic school in Sopatara. However, Amiran was the first of his siblings to pursue his Bachelor's degree abroad, being persuaded by his father to study at Monsilva's Central Amking University. Amiran graduated with his Bachelor of Science degree in Business in 1984. On October 30 1984, his older brother, Erek, was reported missing on a voyage on their father's yacht. Neither Erek's body nor Murtaz's yacht was ever located, though the Paluri Chronicle reported in 1985 that the yacht was seized by TBDNATION pirates.

Early career

In 1986, after an extended stay in Quebecshire, Amiran returned to Lurjize and accepted a consultant role for Rokva Bank and Trust. During this time, Amiran was alleged to be serving as a middleman lobbyist between his father's company and the ruling party in Lurjize. Additionally, in March 1987, independent media reported that Amiran attended a dinner with Badri Kasradze, who was serving as Minister of Finance of Lurjize. Kasradze would later be arrested for alleged ties to Banda Tvrameti during this time period. Between 1987 and 1989, Amiran held an advisory role in Kazbegi law firm, where he is credited with playing a role in the defense of Yuriy Leonidze, who had been arrested overseas on drug trafficking charges. Amiran was named to the Rokva Bank and Trust board of directors in 1992, and was the board's vice chairman from May 1994 to 1997, when he was voted as chairman of the board.

According to numerous former colleagues, Amiran was allegedly known for partying often (with these parties frequently having prostitutes). One incident in 1993 was covered in an unpublished Paluri Chronicle article, in which Amiran was escorted by Paluri police after reportedly causing a public disturbance by drunkenly swearing at passerby and attempting to solicit sex from numerous women. It is believed that a ₵100,000 donation from Amiran to the National Progress Front was tied to the suppression of the article from publication. The author associated with the unpublished article was reported missing on September 16, 1993.

Rokva Bank and Trust affair

Beginning in 1996, Amiran's father Murtaz had begun suffering from onset dementia. Murtaz was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in January 1997 as his condition rapidly deteriorated. Murtaz resigned as Rokva Bank and Trust's CEO in April 1997, and Amiran was voted in by the board as the interim CEO. As such, Amiran's role in the company grew vastly, and while he stepped down as chairman of Rokva Bank's board of directors, he kept his seat on the board.