United National Movement former chairman
Nika Melia

Education

2002 - graduated from Academy of the Ministry of State Security of Georgia, majoring in Law;

2006 - graduated from Oxford Brookes University with a Master's degree in International Relations

Professional Experience

2008-2009 - Deputy Head of the National Bureau of Enforcement;

2009-2010 - Head of the National Bureau of Enforcement;

2010-2012 - Chairman of the Tbilisi Enforcement Bureau (National Bureau of Enforcement);

2013-2014 - Mtatsminda district governor;

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

The faction of the Parliament of Georgia of the 9th convocation United National Movement, chairman (2016-2017);

Member of the Parliamentary faction of the 9th Convocation of Georgia National Movement (2017-)

Minister of Justice of Georgia
Rati Bregadze
Prime Minister of Georgia
Irakli Gharibashvili
Former President of Georgia
Mikheil Saakashvili
Tinatin Bolokadze, member of “Coalition for Change”: We have been dissidents for a year already - as for Melia and Saakashvili, the ‘National Movement’ should be part of the unity - the ‘red lines’ exist only with Gakharia’s party
Nika Melia sentenced to 1 year and 6 months in prison for splashing water on judge
Mikheil Saakashvili: Nika Melia was neither mentioned nor implied in my post, the same applies to my other friend Nika Gvaramia — my Nika, we are separated not by a hectare but by just one prison cell, and we could have resolved any misunderstanding here too
Nika Melia - I have a paradoxical position on banning parties: real politics will be built from scratch, we should let all politicians swim freely - we should plan a long-term plan in order to win in the short term
Lela Jejelava: It is correct for no party to enter the elections until the ‘National Movement’ is banned — if anyone enters a cleared field, it will be difficult to justify that it is not Ivanishvili’s project
Elene Khoshtaria: The so-called charge filed by the Prosecutor’s Office is exactly the case that I will be proud of for the rest of my life - I am proud that I had a modest contribution to the sanctioning of the "Russian Dream"
Court fines Nika Melia 5,000 GEL relating to the case of his detention near Lisi Lake
Mamuka Khazaradze and Badri Japaridze granted bail of one million GEL each
Prosecutor: The individuals featured in the covert recordings include Khoshtaria and Zurab Japaridze, among others — the discussion concerns interest groups operating in Ukraine who are instructing them to spread false information, claiming that Georgia is violating sanctions
The Prosecutor's Office is requesting bail of one million lari each for Mamuka Khazaradze and Badri Japaridze
Elene Khoshtaria: I will not recognize the nonsense we heard yesterday as a case – I will have no involvement with the so-called trial
Shalva Papuashvili on the new cases against opposition leaders: If they have any complaints and do not like the decisions of the judiciary, they can turn to the Strasbourg court – and even if they lose there, they will still have to apologize afterward!
Giorgi Baramidze on criminal prosecution of opposition leaders - Ivanishvili’s aim is to cut Georgia off from the Western world and exhaust the Georgian spirit - don’t let these traitors think the Georgian people will give up
The Tbilisi City Court is expected to deliberate today on the imposition of preventive measures against Mamuka Khazaradze and Badri Japaridze
Joe Wilson: Even by Georgian Dream standards, the regime’s new politically motivated charges against opposition leaders are appalling
Gedevan Popkhadze: They tell us directly that whoever does not suit us, whom we fear and who poses a problem for us, we will put in prison - Bidzina Ivanishvili decided to legalize the right to rule the country for life
Kakha Kaladze: This has nothing to do with retaliation - a commission was created in parliament, specific political parties were identified that are not interested in the country - when you are a politician and you represent a specific party, you have to serve people
Giorgi Gvarakidze: Within the framework of the protests, violent groups acted in concert and systematically maintained communication with each other through radio transceivers, which were seized from the party offices, along with other items
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