Girchi - More Freedom chairman
Zurab Japaridze

Place of birth

Tbilisi

Education

1999 - Graduated from Tbilisi Medical Institute 'Doctor of the Future', General Practitioner;

2005 - Georgian Institute of Public Affairs, majored in Public Administration;

2010 - George Washington University School of Business, Master's Degree in Project Management

Professional Experience

1998-2000 Assistant to Sakstandard Coordinator;

2000-2002 Deputy Director of the International Center for Journalists;

2002-2003 Assistant Program Officer of the OSCE Mission to Georgia;

2003-2006 OSCE Mission Training Program Officer in Georgia;

2005-2011 Professor at the Institute of Public Affairs;

2006-2008 UNFPA South Caucasus Project Regional Coordinator;

2006-2011 EC / SPAMGO Project Management Consultant;

2008-2010 CEO of ABG Profservice Group Ltd;

2010-2011 USAID Project HIV Prevention in Georgia, Technical Expert;

2010-2012 Columnist of the magazine Tabula;

Professor at Tbilisi Free University since 2011;

2012-2016 Member of Parliament of Georgia of the 8th convocation, election bloc: United National Movement - More benefits to the people, party list;

Girchi candidate in the 2018 presidential election, received 36,034 (2.26%) votes;

Since October 8, 2018, his official name is Zurab Girchi Japaridze;

2020 Member of the Parliament of Georgia of the 10th convocation, election bloc: Girchi, party list;

At the end of 2020, he established Girchi - More Freedom as a result of splitting with New Political Center - Girchi

Public Defender of Georgia
Nino Lomjaria
European Georgia chairman
Giga Bokeria
Speaker of Parliament of Georgia
Shalva Papuashvili
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
Zurab Japaridze refuses parole
Zurab Japaridze: Either we leave the country, or we will spend 7 to 15 years in prison, this is the message - I am not going to leave, I will stay in my country, which I am accused of betraying - don't be angry, laugh, turn a monster into a clown, this is how the collapse begins
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"
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
Prosecutor General's Office to file petition with court to use bail towards Mamuka Khazaradze and Badri Japaridze
Prosecutor General's Office launches criminal proceedings against Mikheil Saakashvili, Giorgi Vashadze, Nika Gvaramia, Nika Melia, Zurab Japaridze, Elene Khoshtaria, Mamuka Khazaradze and Badri Japaridze
Zurab Japaridze - Nothing unexpected or extraordinary is happening; it was clear which path they were taking - The street is the only front line of struggle, which, together with external pressure, will collapse the regime: the street, consolidation of forces, and agreement on a unified strategy
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