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)

Speaker of Parliament of Georgia
Shalva Papuashvili
Special Representative of the Prime Minister for Relations with Russia
Zurab Abashidze
Minister of Justice of Georgia
Rati Bregadze
Irakli Kobakhidze: “Lelo” is trying to avoid a constitutional lawsuit, but I doubt they will succeed; Gakharia’s party managed this earlier when it entered parliament
Giga Bokeria: Dialogue will be possible only on the conditions under which "Georgian Dream" is defeated as a result of free elections, and the precondition for this is not only the release of political prisoners, but a complete change of the atmosphere
Giga Bokeria: Georgians will achieve real security only after we remove from power a regime that betrays national interests
Giga Bokeria on the parliamentary delegation's visit to the USA: At this stage, there are no prerequisites whatsoever - based on what we know publicly, nothing has changed, and all this speculation is baseless
Giga Bokeria: The task of the “Opposition Alliance” is to organize a peaceful protest of such quality that it forces the regime to relinquish power - when they are politically backed into a corner, the negotiations will be real
Nika Gvaramia: Politics is banned exactly where it is practiced in Georgia: in the streets, party and NGO offices, social media, and the media – it is forbidden for everyone
Giga Bokeria - The Ashgabat meeting would not have been a problem if it had not been the only foreign policy choice that Ivanishvili is leaving to Georgia - the only way to save independence is to change Ivanishvili's regime
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
Estonian Ambassador: I will be leaving Tbilisi later this week - Does my departure reflect the current state of relations between Georgia and Estonia? Of course it does - I cannot hide that
UAE’s Minister of State for International Cooperation Reem Al Hashimy - “We will leave no stone unturned to make sure that we do defend ourselves”