Georgian Dream MP
Maka Bochorishvili

Education

2000 - Tbilisi State University, Jurisdiction

1999 - Tbilisi Diplomatic Academy, International Relations/Diplomacy

Professional Experience

2018 - 2020 - Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Embassy of Georgia to Belgium and the Representation of Georgia to the EU, Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

2017 - 2018 - Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, Charge D’Affaires ad interim

2015 - 2017 - Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Embassy of Georgia to Austria, the Representation of Georgia to the OSCE, Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the International Organizations in Vienna

2014 - 2015 - Ministry of Foreign Affairs, EU Integration Department, Deputy Director

2010 - 2014 - Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Embassy of Georgia to Belgium, the Representation of Georgia to the EU, Advisor

2009 - 2010 - Ministry of Foreign Affairs, EU Integration Department, EU-Georgia Relations Division, Head

2005 - 2005 - Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Legal Department, I Secretary

2005 - 2009 - Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Embassy of Georgia to Belgium and the Representation of Georgia to the EU, II Secretary

2002 - 2005 - Diplomatic Academy of Georgia, Lecturer

1999 - 2004 - the Representation of Georgia to the EU, Legal Department, Intern, Attaché, II Secretary

Committee

11-12-2020 - Committee on European Integration - Chairperson of the Committee

17-12-2020 - Foreign Relations Committee - Member of the Committee

Honorary Degree

Order of Honor (15 Nov 2013)

Former President of Georgia
Giorgi Margvelashvili
Public Defender of Georgia
Nino Lomjaria
Former President of Georgia
Mikheil Saakashvili
Josep Borrell meeting with Irakli Gharibashvili
Maka Bochorishvili: We are doing everything to prevent evasion of sanctions through Georgia, and Georgia has repeatedly received good evaluations precisely because of the steps taken by state agencies
Maka Bochorishvili: We do our best to demonstrate support for collective actions and efforts in support of Ukraine and strictly follow implementation of our policy of ensuring that circumvention of EU sanctions does not happen through Georgia
Maka Bochorishvili: We committed ourselves to fulfilling the 12 recommendations and today we can affirm that most of them are already fully addressed - nevertheless, last year’s decision not to grant candidate status left space for uncertainty and speculations
Shalva Papuashvili, together with the parliamentary delegation, will visit the Republics of Malta and Italy
Shalva Papuashvili will participate in the annual Conference of Speakers of the European Union Parliaments
Maka Bochorishvili: The European Union is not the Soviet Union, we want membership in the European Union to protect the Georgian identity, dignity, sovereignty, freedom of the future generation, and not to stand on one foot in the corner
Shalva Papuashvili to visit the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Maka Botchorishvili: I would like to address those colleagues who compete with one another in terms of who can have their foreign friends better slander their country - by your actions you are harming Georgia’s strategic interests
Irakli Kobakhidze: We are talking to our partners about Georgia's European future, European prospects, processes related to candidate status
Parliament Speaker meeting with ambassadors of EU member states
Maka Bochorishvili: Calls to overthrow the authorities that have been made in recent days are completely contrary to the message we have received from Brussels - now is not the time to try to separate the authorities and the people
Maka Bochorishvili: Positions regarding the decision have not yet been formed in some EU countries - therefore, we should expect everything and be ready for any decision!
Maka Bochorishvili: While Georgia is awaiting a historic decision that EU member states must make with respect to the 3 associated countries, engaging in a close dialogue with partners on our expectations and geopolitical challenges facing Georgia is what we can do today
Citizens and European Socialists explain why they voted for Georgian Dream resolution in support of Ukraine
George Katcharava - Armenia Azerbaijan Confrontation: War or Peace?
Shalva Papuashvili: Georgia’s NATO membership should be above partisan politics