Speaker of Parliament of Georgia
Shalva Papuashvili

Education

1998 - graduated from Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Faculty of International Law and International Relations, majoring in International Law;

1998-2002 - studied under a scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) at the University of Saarland (Germany); in 1999 he was awarded a Master of Laws degree, and in 2002 - a Doctor of Laws degree

Professional Experience

On December 29, 2021, Shalva Papuashvili was elected Speaker of the Parliament of the tenth convocation of Georgia;

On October 31, 2020, Shalva Papuashvili was elected a member of the tenth convocation of the Parliament of Georgia from the party list of the Georgian Dream - Democratic Georgia;

On December 15, 2020, he was elected First Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Education, Science and Culture;

On March 31, 2021 - he was elected Chairman of the Committee on Education and Science;

He is a member of the faction Georgian Dream - Democratic Georgia;

Since January 16, 2021 he is a member of the political council of the party Georgian Dream - Democratic Georgia;

March 27, 2021 - party Public Relations Secretary;

2003-2007 - he was a law expert at the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ);

2007-2017 - he headed the various directions of the German International Cooperation (GIZ) Law Program in the South Caucasus;

2017-2020 - he was the head of the Georgian team of the law program;

Since 2012 - he has been giving lectures at various universities;

Shalva Papuashvili is an associate professor at Ilia State University

Publications

Collection of legal special cases on the general part of the Civil Code (co-author);

German-Georgian-German legal dictionary (co-author);

New grounds for admissibility of cassation in civil proceedings;

Development of law through judicial law;

Commitment of good faith management of the joint stock company's supervisory board

Languages

English, German and Russian

Mayor of Tbilisi
Kakha Kaladze
Minister of Justice of Georgia
Rati Bregadze
Public Defender of Georgia
Nino Lomjaria
Vakho Sanaia - No matter how many times they put us in prison, no matter how many fines they impose on us, our fight will continue - I will remind everyone of our slogan: To the end, until victory!
After 14 days of administrative detention, journalist Vakho Sanaia leaves temporary detention center
Shalva Papuashvili: The employees of the Security Service stand on that invisible front where success is often measured by the fact that the threat does not reach society - a strong state is not defined only by military capabilities - the SSS has a special mission
Mikheil Kavelashvili: In the modern world, national security is a much broader concept and includes the fight against hybrid threats whose goal is to weaken the state - therefore, the effective work of the State Security Service is of particular importance
Pikria Chikhradze: The country is sitting on a powder keg, on the brink of civil confrontation, and I hope we will hear the Patriarch’s voice - we are seeing “Kadyrov-style groups” in Georgia
Irakli Kupradze - Papuashvili, who sits as Ivanishvili's man in parliament, is violating the constitution - the Russians are in a hurry to remove Georgia from the European orbit and destroy the European integration process
Transparency International Georgia – The Georgian Dream uses new accreditation rules for the legislative body as a mechanism to penalize critical media outlets and journalists
Shalva Papuashvili - The question is becoming increasingly relevant: what is the point of membership in the European Union if the main benefits and leverages are taken away?! - The question is not only when we will be accepted, but also what kind of European Union we are offered membership in
Shalva Papuashvili - The goal is for Juknevičienė to be an authority, for her words to be convincing, for her values ​​to be the values ​​of the Georgian people, and not those of Nodar Dumbadze - this is a deliberate anti-Georgian campaign - we must oppose this
Shalva Papuashvili - The goal is for Juknevičienė to be an authority, for her words to be convincing, for her values ​​to be the values ​​of the Georgian people, and not those of Nodar Dumbadze - this is a deliberate anti-Georgian campaign - we must oppose this
Shalva Papuashvili - We have a very friendly advice for our American partners, not to pay attention to Joe Wilson - we cannot put the restoration of our territorial integrity at risk for the sake of Brussel
Shalva Papuashvili - It was an unusual event, the entire power system was shut down one after another - it is important to establish all the details, whether there was a human factor, anyone’s intervention, any sabotage-like action
Irakli Kobakhidze on Vakho Sanaia - This person did not even formally act as a journalist, he acted as a political activist, and the statements of Rasa Juknevicienė and other MEPs are not interesting at all
Freedom House - Sanaia’s confinement over a Facebook post criticizing Georgia’s ruling party is a blatant violation of his right to free expression, we urge Sanaia’s immediate and unconditional release
Ian Kelly on Vakho Sanaia: Arresting journalists for exercising their right to freedom of speech is the hallmark of a cowardly government that is afraid of the people it is supposed to serve
Viola von Cramon on Vakho Sanaia’s detention: When I read the news about the Georgian government, I think things cannot get any worse, but the government proves the opposite - Georgia has become Putin’s puppet
Coalition for Change: Sentencing a person to prison for an opinion expressed on social media is the Ivanishvili regime’s latest declaration of its intention to establish a Russian dictatorship - solidarity with Vakho Sanaia
GYLA: The decision concerning Vakho Sanaia is yet another clear example of the illegitimate restriction of expression in the public sphere and the creation of an environment of censorship and self-censorship
Touring Georgia with young Georgians as Partners