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

President of Georgia
Salome Zurabishvili
Special Representative of the Prime Minister for Relations with Russia
Zurab Abashidze
Former President of Georgia
Giorgi Margvelashvili
Aleko Elisashvili's lawyer files lawsuit against Shalva Papuashvili over statements made against Elisashvili
Valeri Chechelashvili: The tone of the European Parliament’s report has become tougher because the Georgian authorities’ attitude has become more rigid - sanctions against Georgian Dream members are now much more realistic
Lasha Tugushi: Shalva Papuashvili is working to prevent us from joining the EU - he goes to sleep with that idea, wakes up with it, and curses Europe - I think they should drink cold water themselves
Shalva Papuashvili: When we have a choice between listening to Brussels or to the Georgian Church, we choose the Church; Brussels may not like it, but those who are upset by it can drink a glass of cold water
Shalva Papuashvili: Step by step, we are being accustomed to the idea that if we become a member of the European Union, we will be a second-class nation; it turns out that not only do we have to "stand on one leg" to join the EU, but even after joining
Giorgi Sioridze: Every step and statement made by "Georgian Dream" comes not from the "Ackerman manual" but from the "Kremlin manual"; the country is turning into a dystopia, with an allusion to a "Ministry of Truth"!
Salome Samadashvili: Georgia’s formal application for EU membership is expected to be withdrawn in the near future - this is Russia’s next objective
Shalva Papuashvili on Marta Kos’s Statement: If this idea is implemented, it will no longer be the Union for whose membership Georgia applied, nor is striving for membership in such a Union what is envisaged in Article 78 of Georgia’s Constitution
Shalva Papuashvili: The people who are in parliament today under the name of the party ‘For Georgia’ should think and realize that the fugitive Gakharia is simply mocking them
Shalva Papuashvili: They have deviated from all common sense and the logic of visa mobility. They have invented regulations specifically for Georgia, which are applied only to Georgia
Gia Volski - We are quite proficient in the technical side, as soon as we start talking about political issues, we are armed with serious arguments - the topic of visa liberalization loses its meaning altogether if the country is destroyed and devastated
Shalva Papuashvili: Do you think a party political council discusses the weather?! We discuss matters important for the state - the electoral mandate primarily belongs to Bidzina Ivanishvili; therefore, this conspiracy theory is broken
Shalva Papuashvili on the visa dialogue: Georgia is represented by a technical delegation that will review these issues - they are telling us, ‘Impose sanctions on Russia and destroy yourselves if you want visa-free travel.’ If we destroy ourselves, who will be left to travel visa-free?
Shalva Papuashvili: Like in “Blue Mountains,” the United National Movement can no longer figure out whether it is here or there - I said they might as well devour each other, and they have started doing exactly that; let us watch and at least derive some amusement from it
The procedure for hearing the President’s annual address will conclude immediately after the speech – the speeches currently provided for under the Rules of Procedure will no longer take place
Shalva Papuashvili: Instead of criteria relevant to visa liberalization, political preconditions were invented and imposed on Georgia - as the saying goes, sovereignty is not traded for strawberries
Shalva Papuashvili on recall of two intelligence agents by France – There are no friendly spies and hostile spies, everyone should stop spying and espionage – no one’s spying has any business in Georgia!
Shalva Papuashvili - The 2022 Istanbul Agreement was thwarted by the British Prime Minister, who told Kyiv: No agreement, let's go to war! After that, Ukraine has been at war for four years, while Boris Johnson walks around calmly and holds conferences
Touring Georgia with young Georgians as Partners