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

President of Georgia
Salome Zurabishvili
Former PM of Georgia; For Georgia chairman
Giorgi Gakharia
Minister of Justice of Georgia
Rati Bregadze
Zurab Japaridze: The meeting with Michael Roth will likely address what more Germany can do regarding the situation in Georgia
Zurab Japaridze: The next important date is December 14, when they are going to hold some kind of election in the parliament building, the legitimacy of which no one recognizes - we intend to continue the protest
Zura Japaridze: Changes in the Law "On Police" and "Law on Public Service" are stages of autocratic and dictatorial regimes
Zurab Japaridze: The "police" has come to my building, they are demanding access to the cameras on the perimeter without any preconditions or documents
Zurab Japaridze: Russia is now trying to recognize Georgia as its own part before the inauguration of the new president in the USA and start talking about other issues - they want to put this country in their pocket
Zura Japaridze: No one is afraid of office raids or arrests - even if all of us, including politicians, are arrested and put in prison, we must continue the fight
Zurab Japaridze: the road was blocked, several people arrested us - in the end, I was issued with an administrative offense protocol
Mamuka Khazaradze: Ivanishvili has already started arresting political opponents and thinks that this is how he will interfere with a fair protest - you can't scare anyone! Your story is complete!
Nika Gvaramia - until now we are determining where Zurab Japaridze is - we will act as we would in the case of the arrest of the party leader
Khatia Dekanoidze: The representative of the opposition is being summoned to court - this is a complete absurdity, a bizarre situation - what they did not understand, what they did not see, why they did not open their eyes, is unbelievable
Zurab Japaridze: If we didn't violate for 2 days and nights, we didn't violate even this morning - they fell like savages and robbed us - this behavior is a typical behavior of Russian "riots".
Zurab Japaridze: The choice was taken away from us and the Russians are turning us to the Russian choice - we are not going to get used to it, this is a message for the "Georgian Dream" and our Western friends
Prosecutor: Zurab Japaridze provided us with information based mainly on his assessments and information spread in public sources - he did not call for any specific facts, names or surnames
Zurab Japaridze: Does anyone believe that the prosecutor's office will investigate anything?! - This is also a continuation of election fraud, that we are asked to provide evidence by the prosecutor's office, which should be searched for by itself
Zurab Japaridze: This protest is important - as for the plan, there will be a protest today, how it will develop later, the political leaders will agree on that
Like Mamuka Khazaradze, Zurab Japaridze plans to go to the interview only with the magistrate judge
Zurab Japaridze: according to all the preliminary data that we have, all four major opposition groups breach the barrier - "Dream" has been defeated, they are moving to the opposition
Zurab Japaridze: I am sure that the citizens of this country will make a choice that will ultimately lead Georgia to the European Union and NATO
David McAllister - Ultimately, democratic change needs to come from the people themselves
Dr. Khatuna Burkadze – Georgia should peacefully return to its Euro-Atlantic path through dialogue and new elections