Speaker of Parliament of Georgia
Shalva Papuashvili

Education

1998 - graduated from Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Faculty of International Law and International Relations, majoring in International Law;

1998-2002 - studied under a scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) at the University of Saarland (Germany); in 1999 he was awarded a Master of Laws degree, and in 2002 - a Doctor of Laws degree

Professional Experience

On December 29, 2021, Shalva Papuashvili was elected Speaker of the Parliament of the tenth convocation of Georgia;

On October 31, 2020, Shalva Papuashvili was elected a member of the tenth convocation of the Parliament of Georgia from the party list of the Georgian Dream - Democratic Georgia;

On December 15, 2020, he was elected First Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Education, Science and Culture;

On March 31, 2021 - he was elected Chairman of the Committee on Education and Science;

He is a member of the faction Georgian Dream - Democratic Georgia;

Since January 16, 2021 he is a member of the political council of the party Georgian Dream - Democratic Georgia;

March 27, 2021 - party Public Relations Secretary;

2003-2007 - he was a law expert at the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ);

2007-2017 - he headed the various directions of the German International Cooperation (GIZ) Law Program in the South Caucasus;

2017-2020 - he was the head of the Georgian team of the law program;

Since 2012 - he has been giving lectures at various universities;

Shalva Papuashvili is an associate professor at Ilia State University

Publications

Collection of legal special cases on the general part of the Civil Code (co-author);

German-Georgian-German legal dictionary (co-author);

New grounds for admissibility of cassation in civil proceedings;

Development of law through judicial law;

Commitment of good faith management of the joint stock company's supervisory board

Languages

English, German and Russian

Prime Minister of Georgia
Irakli Gharibashvili
Former PM of Georgia; For Georgia chairman
Giorgi Gakharia
Minister of Justice of Georgia
Rati Bregadze
Shalva Papuashvili: No one has the right to censor us and tell us to refrain from separating people by gender and to refer to neutral terms
Shalva Papuashvili: the secret records depicting intimate life are the handwriting of the "National Movement", which they had until 2012
Shalva Papuashvili: There is a wave of disinformation campaign, including those produced from abroad, those who are friends of Mikheil Saakashvili cannot be friends of the Georgian people, we should not pay attention
The third reading of the draft law "On transparency of foreign influence" will be held at the plenary session on May 14
Shalva Papuashvili: Europeans behaved in an un-European manner and instead of meaningful discussion, they talked to Georgian society with posters
Shalva Papuashvili: We tell ambassadors to tell us in arguments what is problematic with this law, and there is complete silence – let them propose us opinions and if there is an agreement, we will reflect them in the law by using the veto mechanism
Shalva Papuashvili: It would be good if the US Congress gets interested in what the US National Endowment for Democracy spends its money on - the romanticizing campaigns of Shame and "Molotov cocktail" are being financed with this money
Shalva Papuashvili: The Parliament of Georgia will adopt the draft law on "Transparency of Foreign Influence” in the third reading! - Unfortunately, this draft law was met with a deaf wall from foreign actors
Shalva Papuashvili on the statement of the British Embassy - I don't think that any embassy in Georgia should combine the function of a court and indicate to the Georgian police what is legal and what is illegal
Shalva Papuashvili: The only thing incompatible with the value of the European Union is the secret spending of money by the "European Democracy Fund" in Georgia using the methods of special services
Shalva Papuashvili: Mrs. Salome has chosen her own path - it is the path that is against the interests of Georgia and the Georgian people
Shalva Papuashvili: The chairmen of the foreign affairs committees of several countries expressed their desire to visit - I told them that it was not a good time to visit, so that the radical opposition might take it as an incentive - I will not be able to meet!
Shalva Papuashvili: To date, I have not heard any apology or appeal from a single donor towards their own NGO, and not a single embassy whose funded NGOs are calling for actions that lead to violence
Viola von Cramon: Would Mr Papuashvili disclose who from the EU Commission he means, because 425 MEPs who voted for the resolution would like to explain the ABCs of the EU to them
Shalva Papuashvili: Happy Europe Day! I believe that Georgia will soon join the union formed by the unity of values, where each country with its identity and historical experience contributes to ensuring the peace and progress of Europe
Miriam Lexmann: Dear Josep Borrell and Charles Michel, what else do you need to finally sanction Bidzina Ivanishvili for his destruction of Georgian democracy
Giorgi Gakharia: The Georgian Dream plans to declare its opposing citizens as enemies - the weak and corrupt Government has become Moscow's "useful idiot"
Miriam Lexmann: This is what authoritarianism looks like - shame on "Georgian Dream"
Dr. Khatuna Burkadze – The parliament should not adopt a bill that will undermine Georgia’s perspectives on European integration