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

Former President of Georgia
Mikheil Saakashvili
President of Georgia
Salome Zurabishvili
European Georgia chairman
Giga Bokeria
Shalva Papuashvili: Our European path is a path with our Abkhazian and Ossetian compatriots, a path that begins with reconciliation - a path that distinguishes between brotherhood and enmity, the desire for war and the regret of war, the perpetrator of war and the victim of war
Shalva Papuashvili: The intelligence service has a leading role in our national security system - your efforts to protect Georgia from internal and external threats contribute to peace, security and prosperity in our country
Michael Roth - Stop these conspiracy theories. Stop these lies!
The so-called draft prepared against LGBT propaganda was adopted by the ruling majority with 84 votes
Shalva Papuashvili on the opposition: if this is Europe, you should not go to work, then we cannot agree with some foreigners - we understand Europe in the way that the salary they receive from citizens should be used to implement the mandate
The parliamentary opposition will not attend the plenary sessions of the current week due to a political boycott
Shalva Papuashvili: The opposition is not going to recognize the results of the elections and is preparing an excuse from this - they are preparing for a radical pre-election campaign and a radical agenda after the elections
Shalva Papuashvili: We see a negative campaign by the opposition, local monitoring organizations turn a blind eye to all this, none of their reports show violations
Shalva Papuashvili: Statements that the elections in Georgia may not be fair are disturbing - this is part of a false narrative
Shalva Papuashvili: We know for sure today that the USAID representatives knew that the results of the parallel counting were wrong and they hid it from us, including in personal meetings
Shalva Papuashvili: The opposition is preparing for the non-recognition of the elections, and from there it is preparing an excuse for not recognizing the elections
"Georgian Dream" presented the first platoon of the election list
Shalva Papuashvili: We understand the term - stoppage - only at the level of political statements, nothing is stopped - we are working according to the association agenda, we have already fulfilled half of the association agreement
Shalva Papuashvili: If it is proven that the US ambassador knew and did not disclose that the results of the parallel counting were false, this will undermine the integrity of the mediation process and the April 19 agreement
Shalva Papuashvili: the question is asked, does Kezerashvili enjoy the guarantee of inviolability in exchange for financing the radicals - his transfer to Georgia is the only way to dispel these doubts
Tamar Kordzaia: "Georgian Dream" does not care about the opinions of the West - this is a clear path to totalitarianism
Shalva Papuashvili: October 26 is the second independence referendum- It will be decided on October 26, we will honorably continue the history of our independence, if we become a periphery fulfilling the will of others
Shalva Papuashvili: the only thing I, as the chairman of the parliament, expect from Timothy Blauvelt is an apology to Davit Matikashvili and his family members - hiding from questions is not a solution
Michael Roth - Stop these conspiracy theories. Stop these lies!
Estonian Ambassador to Georgia - If we want EU membership, we should all play by the rules - The Georgian Government on the one hand says that they are moving closer to the EU, but their actions do not prove that