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
Special Representative of the Prime Minister for Relations with Russia
Zurab Abashidze
Public Defender of Georgia
Nino Lomjaria
Shalva Papuashvili: Visa liberalization will not be canceled - this resolution is pinching by several MEPs who are angry with the Georgian people
Shalva Papuashvili: The resolution is a political statement and nothing else, some MEPs have a personal attitude and a personal vendetta against the Georgian people
Shalva Papuashvili: Similar records included in the draft resolution of the European Parliament by the European People's Party clearly show how flawed this resolution is and what a superficial idea they have of Georgia
Shalva Papuashvili: We hear statements and concerns from the US State Department, Brussels - wouldn't it be easy to make the projects of the "US National Endowment for Democracy" and the "European Endowment for Democracy" public?!
In Batumi, some journalists arrived at the Hilton Hotel, where Shalva Papuashvili meets media representatives, with banners
Shalva Papuashvili: The April 29 rally is important for the Georgian society to define its own position on where the Georgian society stands
Shalva Papuashvili: They forbid reasoning in the name of Europe - it is a direct realization of "Orwellian" approaches in our modern times, when ignorance is power and when obedience is considered freedom
Shalva Papuashvili on MEPs’ briefing: It turns out that the European value for this group is standing by the side of the criminal and conducting briefings, the release of Mikheil Saakashvili and an attack on the policeman
Shalva Papuashvili: We saw an attack on the Georgian police by MEP Auštrevičius - it would be good if the Embassy of Lithuania makes an explanation on this issue
Shalva Papuashvili: the only thing that the draft law on "transparency of foreign influence" harms is black money
Shalva Papuashvili on the report of the US State Department: if Kezerashvili is presented positively in any report, it is a problem of the report
Shalva Papuashvili: EU funding in Georgia is also opaque - I am absolutely sure that Josep Borell has not read the draft law on "transparency of foreign influence"
Shalva Papuashvili: For a long time, several NGOs have been known to work directly against the Georgian people - Eka Gigauri has now set a target for the donors to hit our country
Shalva Papuashvili: We're not going anywhere - we are where we are and we are in Europe, we are Europe
Shalva Papuashvili: The age permitted for marriage - 18 years - will be written in the Constitution
General public review of constitutional amendments against LGBT propaganda underway in Kutaisi
Shalva Papuashvili: Motherland, language, faith! - This trinity is unshakable, firm and holy! Nothing can replace it!
Shalva Papuashvili met with the Secretary General of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Parliamentary Assembly
George Katcharava - The events of April 2024 determine future trends of global pollical and security architecture