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
Giorgi Margvelashvili
President of Georgia
Salome Zurabishvili
Mayor of Tbilisi
Kakha Kaladze
Shalva Papuashvili on Europe Day event - I have no desire to attend - I wonder if we will see the participants of October 4 at this gathering, whether they will shake their hands or not
Shalva Papuashvili, Mikheil Kavelashvili and Irakli Kobakhidze pay tribute to memory of those who died in World War II
Shalva Papuashvili on the opposition - This is a criminal group - if we see people at the EU meeting tomorrow who are announcing violence for May 26, this will be the answer to who is behind the next attempt at unrest
Shalva Papuashvili - We see an aggressive campaign, they want to put up posters in the European Parliament and say that the attackers on the presidential palace are heroes - the violence of October 4 is entirely the political responsibility of Brussels
Shalva Papuashvili addresses Pawel Herczynski with a letter
Shalva Papuashvili - Zelensky had to go to the person he had sanctioned and deliver a message, it should be a good lesson for everyone that unjust decisions and actions harm them - they probably want to present a reconsidered position
Shalva Papuashvili on the arrest of 5 riot police officers - There was a problem with identification, when the Prosecutor's Office firmly knew that it had evidence against specific individuals, it made the appropriate decision - no one is going to cover up anyone
Shalva Papuashvili - The violence of October 4 is entirely the political responsibility of Brussels - we demand an answer from the EU Ambassador whether he intends to apologize to the President of Georgia or not
Shalva Papuashvili - Today's fractured international system is characterized by geopolitical tension, economic uncertainty, and changing security dynamics
Shalva Papuashvili meets with Parliament Speaker of Malta
Shalva Papuashvili - In the form of the European Parliament, we have the reincarnation of the Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union, while we think in a European way, as a democratic country, and there is a value gap between us
Shalva Papuashvili - Some European bureaucrats don't understand geography, they think that you can jump over Georgia and connect Europe with Asia - no one has ever won a fight with geography
Shalva Papuashvili leaves for Montenegro
Shalva Papuashvili - Zelensky has included the Georgian Prime Minister in the sanctions list and now he had to go and talk to him - this shows how wrong the Ukrainian government's policy towards the Georgian people was
Shalva Papuashvili - It is symbolic that a few days before May 9, Juknevičienė, who is distinguished by her fascist statements, is the author of the resolution - the European Parliament presents itself as the successor to the People's Congress of the Soviet Union
Shalva Papuashvili terms joint statement of Great Britain and Finland as “crocodile tears”
Shalva Papuashvili: Our strength is not only in weapons; our main strength lies in prudent policy that anticipates threats and creates a safe environment for every citizen
Shalva Papuashvili - The Ukrainian and Moldovan path of European integration is not the Georgian path, Georgia will never take the path of Ukraine and Moldova, which implies EU membership by ceding territories and abolishing the state