European Georgia chairman
Giga Bokeria

Place of birth

Tbilisi

Education

1995 - graduated from Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Faculty of History; University of Leicester, UK, Faculty of Law

Professional Experience

1992-1993 - worked for the newspaper "Mimomkhilveli" first as a correspondent, then as the head of the political department;

1996 - co-founded the Liberty Institute, a non-profit and non-partisan society for advocating liberal public policy;

1989–1995 - one of the leaders of the student movement;

1993 - political commentator of the radio program "Peak-Hour";

1995-1996 - head of the Political Department of the newspaper "Argument";

1996 - author and host of the program "Accents" of the TV channel "Rustavi 2", correspondent of the news program "Kurieri";

1994 - did an internship in the United States and worked for a local newspaper in Madison, Iowa;

He has published articles and several publications in Russian and English language newspapers;

1996-2004 - Liberty Institute - Human Rights Program Coordinator, Senior Legal Advisor;

2008-2010 - First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia;

2010-2013 - Secretary of the Security Council, Assistant to the President on National Security Affairs;

Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) (2005-2008);

Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Head of the Permanent Parliamentary Delegation of the Parliament of Georgia (2007-);

NATO Permanent Parliamentary Assembly, Member of the Permanent Parliamentary Delegation of the Parliament of Georgia (2004-);

One of the leaders of the political party "United National Movement";

Temporary Student Union of Georgia, Member (1991-1992);

Student Union "Press Club", member (1991-1992);

Georgian Youth Christian-Democratic Association, member (1993-)

High Council of Justice of Georgia, Member (2007-);

Member of the Parliament of Georgia of the 6th convocation (2004-2008);

Member of the Parliament of Georgia of the 6th convocation "National Movement-Democrats" (2004-2008);

Committee on Legal Affairs of the Parliament of Georgia of the 6th convocation, Deputy Chairman (2004-2008);

Parliament of Georgia of the 9th convocation, member (2016-2020);

Member of the Parliament of Georgia of the 9th convocation "European Georgia", Member (2017-);

Member of the Parliament of Georgia of the 9th convocation "United National Movement", member (2016-2017)

Mayor of Tbilisi
Kakha Kaladze
Special Representative of the Prime Minister for Relations with Russia
Zurab Abashidze
Speaker of Parliament of Georgia
Shalva Papuashvili
Giga Bokeria - If anything deepens the doubt that the BBC investigation is based on the truth, it is the reaction of the Ivanishvili regime
Giga Bokeria: Ivanishvili’s regime shamelessly claims that the creation of a temporary administrative-territorial unit on the territory of the former South Ossetian Autonomous District was forced on the Georgian government by the "Deep State"
Giga Bokeria: The protest will continue and expand to the extent necessary to make Ivanishvili's regime reconcile with defeat
Irakli Kobakhidze: It is very unfortunate when specific ambassadors and embassies encourage radicalism in Georgia
Giga Bokeria: The arrest of Elene Khoshtaria is another shameless example of double standards by an illegitimate, anti-constitutional regime
Giga Bokeria: Tamar Chergoleishvili is an outstanding leader of our team and I also owe an apology, while the National Movement finds it difficult to cooperate, where Mikheil Saakashvili does not occupy a central place and their irresponsible steps are criticized
Giga Bokeria: Another politician is in prison as a result of political persecution
Giga Bokeria on Kote Ioseliani: This is yet another alarming and shameful symptom of where Ivanishvili’s regime is leading the country - We are dealing with a dangerous phenomenon
Giga Bokeria: If the distinguished preacher of the regime's hatred wanted to debate and discuss with me, she should not have avoided interactive debates every time I was in parliament
Giga Bokeria on Ivanishvili’s letter: It is yet another shameless admission of betraying Georgia’s national interests - He says, “Because of my financial issues, I won’t meet the U.S. Ambassador and resolve the crisis in our relations”
Giga Bokeria on the investigative commission: For years, they talk about the Bokeria-Saakashvili regime and call Khazaradze and Japaridze names, in order to label everyone under the same label - No one should participate in this circus
Giga Bokeria on Dunnigan-Botchorishvili meeting: Ambassadors talk to politically illegitimate regimes everywhere - we should not be hysterical about this - there was a very aggressive message in dry and diplomatic language
Giga Bokeria: Today we face the challenge of having an external enemy and a government within the country that is helping this enemy with its stepsa
Giga Bokeria: We needed a government that would leverage the geopolitical situation, threats, and opportunities to move forward, but instead, they created a crisis themselves – they have a treacherous agenda
Giga Bokeria: Georgia's elections were criticized by Western partners, which is very bad, because it determines the attitude of the free world towards our country, rather than Ivanishvili's regime
Giga Bokeria leaves "European Georgia"
Bokeria on the UN resolution: China has not supported us for years, and this disgraceful government thanks for its restraint
"Georgian Charter" is signed by 17 parties and 5 independent deputies
Ambassador of Korea Hyon Du KIM - Korea’s strength lies in high-tech manufacturing while Georgia’s strength is in logistics and service areas - Georgia should not be just considered as a single market but as a market that can encompass the region and beyond
Oleksii Reznikov - Russia, in reality, is a paper tiger