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
Special Representative of the Prime Minister for Relations with Russia
Zurab Abashidze
Prime Minister of Georgia
Irakli Gharibashvili
Zurab Girchi Japaridze on “sabotage case” – There is no evidence in the case, it is simply a collection of various public speeches, false testimonies of about 20 police officers, where they tell some fairy tales
Zurab Japaridze: I had to convince about ten people that Lelo - Strong Georgia ’s statement was not a coordinated game with Bidzina Ivanishvili. Those whom I could not convince, I asked to wait until this morning and see the response from Georgian Dream - here it is
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly delegation meeting with opposition parties
Zurab-Girchi Japaridze – As long as all leaders of political forces are sitting at the trial together, that country has no chance of getting closer to the West
Tina Bokuchava: They rushed headlong to the Olympics just to get a handshake photo - do these people look like they stand on their own two feet? Under Georgian Dream, the country is closed - if at least part of the opposition unites, it will be a significant achievement
The case of 8 politicians accused in the so-called sabotage case - Mikheil Saakashvili, Nika Melia, Nika Gvaramia, Zurab “Girchi” Japaridze, Giorgi Vashadze, Zurab Japaridze, Mamuka Khazaradze, and Elene Khoshtaria - has been referred to court for full consideration
Mikheil Saakashvili: I plead not guilty to the “insulting the shark” charge
Pretrial hearing in the so-called sabotage case underway at Tbilisi City Court - Mikheil Saakashvili, Nika Gvaramia, Zurab Japaridze, Giorgi Vashadze, and Badri Japaridze Attend
Giorgi Vashadze on the so-called sabotage case: This case exists to stop our struggle and silence us
Zurab Japaridze on the sabotage case: In reality, we are being prosecuted because the U.S. sanctioned Bidzina Ivanishvili
Badri Japaridze on the so-called “sabotage” case: When something undermines our country, processes like this happen - it’s new to group politicians and try them collectively
Zurab Japaridze on the timing of new regulations: I don’t believe in coincidences
Giorgi Vashadze - My name, surname and 15-year sentence are written in the case materials, there is nothing, not even falsified evidence - they are asking for 30,000 GEL as bail, I will pay it
Giorgi Vashadze’s trial scheduled in court on the so-called sabotage case
Giorgi Rukhadze: As Canada’s Prime Minister said, "If you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu" - Georgia today is on the menu; and in relations with Trump, some people have already "dug up the cat" - I’m sure "Dream" might dig it up too
Lasha Parulava: The supermarket chain entered by the State Security Service is close to Irakli Garibashvili’s group - why didn’t they enter others? This too is part of an internal confrontation; if we are not united, all of us are on the oligarch’s menu and he will eat us!
Tengiz Sharmanashvili: We will not allow Japaridze to stage a circus show - does he have arguments? Let him debate with whomever our party designates
Zurab Japaridze: we will meet Giorgi Vashadze and talk to him; I don’t think his energy has faded anywhere; as for debates, I am ready, but I doubt Kobakhidze will be allowed to do that - it depends on Ivanishvili
The South Caucasus: Strategic Autonomy Needed
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”