Lelo leader
Badri Japaridze

Education

1982 - Tbilisi State University, Specialist of Psychology, Psychology of Labor and Engineering

Professional Experience

2019 - present - Political Union “Lelo”, Secretary General

2016 - 2019 - TBC BANKJ Group PLC, Supervisory Board, Deputy Chairman

2008 - present - TBC Credit Ltd. Supervisory Board, member

2008 - present - Geoplant Ltd. Supervisory Board, member

2006 - present - EU GBC (EU-Georgia Business council), member of the Council

2005 - present - TBC-TV Ltd. Supervisory Board, Chairman

2004 - 2010 - IDS Borjomi, Board of Directors, member

2004 - present - American Chamber of Commerce in Georgia, Board of Directors, member

2004 - 2019 - Georgian Reconstruction and Development Company (GRDC), member of the Council

1996 - 2019 - JSC TBC BANK, Supervisory Board, Chairman

1995 - 1996 - JSC TBC BANK, Supervisory Board, member

1995 - 2004 - IDS Borjomi Georgia, Vice President

1990 - 1992 - TBC Group, Foreign Relations Department, Head

1985 - 1995 - Tbilisi State University, Lecturer of Philosophy

Special Representative of the Prime Minister for Relations with Russia
Zurab Abashidze
Former President of Georgia
Mikheil Saakashvili
Public Defender of Georgia
Nino Lomjaria
Badri Japaridze: U.S. must be involved in Georgia’s key infrastructure projects and South Caucasus transport corridor
Giorgi Baramidze on the U.S. Congress staff delegation visit: We heard exactly what we expected
U.S. congressional staff visiting Georgia meet with opposition party leaders
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
Irakli Kupradze - In 2025, we saw that in the Dream there are not only corrupt people, but also murderers, and no one has the right to say about the opposition that the parties are not trying - let's wish that we could make cursing each other a thing of the past!
Zurab Japaridze granted bail of 30,000 GEL and ordered to surrender his passport and ID card to the investigative agency
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"
Lawyer appeals against Tbilisi City Court's decision to grant bail of 1 million GEL to Mamuka Khazaradze and Badri Japaridze
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 Sioridze: The indictment against Khazaradze and Japaridze claims they incited society to revolution and the overthrow of the government, which did not happen – Ivanishvili turned Georgia into a prison
Tazo Datunashvili: Bidzina Ivanishvili has resorted to a method well-known in Moscow - threatening the political spectrum with prison and decay behind bars is a logical continuation of establishing an evil dictatorship
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
Five years of Sadyr Japarov’s Presidency: The main test is still ahead
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