Citizens chairman
Aleksandre Elisashvili

Education

Tbilisi State University, political Science

Professional Experience

Since 2020, Chairman of the party "Aleko Elisashvili - Citizens";

2018 - 2020 - Chairman of the Georgian Civil Movement;

2013 - 2014 - Chairman of the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles;

2011 - 2017 - Independent Majoritarian of Tbilisi Sakrebulo;

2008 - 2016 - Journalist of Kavkasia TV;

2007 - 2009 - Journalist of Maestro TV;

2006 - 2012 - Tbilisi Hamkar Association Chairman;

2004 - 2007 - Ninth Channel News Correspondent;

2004 - 2007 - Journalist of Radio Liberty

Committee

Education, Science and Culture Committee - Member of the Committee (08-02-2021);

Defense and Security - Member of the Committee (08-02-2021)

Former President of Georgia
Giorgi Margvelashvili
President of Georgia
Salome Zurabishvili
Prime Minister of Georgia
Irakli Gharibashvili
Grigol Gegelia: ALDE gave a very clear three-line response to the hysterical campaign led by Kobakhidze and Papuashvili, putting the pro-Russian regime in its place
Guram Macharashvili: ALDE, like the BBC, was forced to distance itself from Elisashvili’s actions – I can’t say they were ashamed, because shame has nothing to do with them
ALDE on Aleko Elisashvili’s case: Of course we do not justify these actions, just as we will never justify violence or the use of chemical weapons against peaceful protesters
Tazo Datunashvili: There is an old Tbilisi saying: ‘Even three men are a gang,’ and now that too becomes punishable; they say, ‘No one cares about 50 people,’ ‘Let them do whatever they want,’ and at the same time, they restrict standing on the sidewalk; they have hysterical, panicked fear — there is no other explanation
Aleko Elisashvili - I have never been a member of Lelo and especially not of ALDE, from where should they expel me? - I call on the Dream to distance itself from the chairman of the parliament who violates human rights
Shalva Papuashvili - Declaring a person exposed to be involved in a terrorist crime as a “comrade-in-arms” by a political party creates a serious legal and ethical problem
Salome Samadashvili: The request to ban ‘Lelo’ has already been filed; this regime needs no formal grounds to destroy pro-European political forces – I also assume they may additionally use Elisashvili’s case
Lawyer: In the strict-regime facility where Aleko Elisashvili is held, conditions are much worse - the equipment is rusty and damaged; Aleko has been banned from using the phone and from receiving visits
Irakli Kupradze: On Monday, the illegitimate Speaker of Parliament will come out and label us a terrorist party - start counting time not for us, but for yourselves, the ones who carried out a chemical attack on the Georgian people
Shalva Papuashvili - There is still time until Monday for ALDE and Lelo to at least formally avoid becoming a party collaborating with a terrorist
Public Defender visits Aleksandre Elisashvili
Strong Georgia - Lelo responds to Shalva Papuashvili’s statement regarding Aleko Elisashvili
Shalva Papuashvili: They have until this week; if Aleko Elisashvili is not expelled, from Monday ‘Citizens,’ ‘Strong Georgia,’ and ‘ALDE’ will officially become organizations protecting a terrorist
Mikheil Kavelashvili - We should consider Aleko Elisashvili's actions and the BBC film in a unified context, it is a terrorist act - I am sure that there was an order for both Aleko Elisashvili and the BBC
Nino Tsilosani - ALDE is stuck in the Georgia of the 90s - it thinks that Georgian institutions are relying on Western equipment or assistance in every way - ALDE is the party that protects the National Movement and this evil force
Shalva Papuashvili - Now there is a simple question - when will Lelo expel a perpetrator of a terrorist act from its ranks? The same question is addressed to ALDE - How compatible is having a terrorist as a member and Europe?
Shalva Papuashvili: Does "Lelo" intend to expel Aleko Elisashvili? I wonder, should "ALDE" have terrorists in its ranks and then talk to us about being a European party?
Irakli Kupradze on the Aleko Elisashvili case: We believe this was not the correct form of protest - it harmed the party’s interests and possibly the protest’s interests as well
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