Shalva Papuashvili

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Shalva Papuashvili
შალვა პაპუაშვილი
Speaker of the Georgian Parliament
Assumed office
29 December 2021
Preceded byKakha Kuchava
Member of Parliament of Georgia
Assumed office
11 December 2020
Personal details
Born (1976-01-26) 26 January 1976 (age 48)
Tbilisi, Georgian SSR
Political partyGeorgian Dream
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Shalva Papuashvili (Georgian: შალვა პაპუაშვილი; born 26 January 1976) is a Georgian politician who has served as a member of the Georgian parliament since 2020[1] and as Speaker of Parliament since 29 December 2021.[2]

In May 2024, during Protests in Georgia protesters were joined by the foreign ministers of Latvia, Estonia, Iceland and Lithuania, who arrived to Georgia to hold meetings with President Salome Zourabichvili, Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze and others.[3] Papuashvili condenmed it as an "unfriendly act". [4]

Biography[edit]

  • Assistant to the Member of the Parliament of Georgia (1996–1998)
  • Saarland University, Master's Student (LL.M.) (1998–1999)
  • Law Firm “Heimes&Muller”, Assistant to the Lawyer (2000–2001)
  • Saarland University, Doctoral Student (Dr. iur.) (2000–2002)
  • GIZ, Senior Legal Expert (2003–2007)
  • Civil Council for Defense and Security, Expert for Human Rights (2005–2006)
  • GIZ, Head of Group (2007–2015)
  • Caucasus University, School of Law, Associate Professor (2012–2015)
  • Ilia State University, School of Law, Associate Professor (2015 – )
  • GIZ, Deputy Program Manager (2015–2017)
  • GIZ, Head of Georgia Team (2017–2020)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "ცენტრალურმა საარჩევნო კომისიამ საქართველოს პარლამენტის 2020 წლის 31 ოქტომბრის არჩევნები შეაჯამა". ცესკო. 2020-12-03. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Papuashvili Elected as New Parliament Speaker". Civil Georgia. 2021-12-29. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Foreign Ministers of Latvia, Estonia, Iceland and Lithuania arrive at Rustaveli Avenue". Interpressnews. 14 May 2024. Archived from the original on 17 May 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Parliament Speaker: foreign politicians joining "radical anti-Government rallies" against foreign influence law "unfriendly acts against Georgian people"". Agenda.ge. 14 May 2024. Archived from the original on 17 May 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.

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