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

European Georgia chairman
Giga Bokeria
Minister of Justice of Georgia
Rati Bregadze
President of Georgia
Salome Zurabishvili
Shalva Papuashvili: The representatives of the opposition themselves talk about the research better than us, that these are the dreams of Kezerashvili, Gvaramia, Saakashvili, Khazaradze, which will be left behind on October 26, when people will look into the mirror of reality
Shalva Papuashvili: No matter how the opposition and biased local observers try to exaggerate the issues, everything was reflected in the OSCE/ODIHR report - the pre-election campaign is in a calm environment
Shalva Papuashvili on the resolution of the Bundestag: there is nothing surprising if Michael Roth will be in charge of foreign relations in Hans Genscher's country
Shalva Papuashvili: Imagine what our country and people would be like if we behaved according to the logic of the previous government and which the current opposition calls us to do?
Shalva Papuashvili: "On October 26, the fate of Georgia's independence Is at stake"
Shalva Papuashvili: separate forces are using the official institutions of the European Union to attack Bidzina Ivanishvili and for personal political revenge
Shalva Papuashvili: A few days before the elections, the initiation of a resolution by separate groups of the European Parliament is an attempt to influence the formation of the voters' will, which is categorically against European values
Shalva Papuashvili: It is shameful that for 20 years people have to watch those European politicians, who first covered the crimes of Saakashvili in power, now they are trying to free him from a just punishment
The Speaker of the Parliament met with the newly appointed Ambassador of Estonia
Kakha Kaladze on Salome Zurabishvili: this person does not respect the constitution, our statehood, abuses her position - this definitely needs a response
Shalva Papuashvili: Salome Zurabishvili has clearly stated in her statement that Steinmeier welcomed the document, which provides for the violation of the constitution - I have not yet received an explanation to what extent this is true
Nika Gvaramia: We are very satisfied with the process we have just gone through - we fully support this process and President Salome Zurabishvili
Shalva Papuashvili: the parliamentary majority made a decision to restart the impeachment procedure and prepare a new constitutional submission
"Georgian Dream" starts the procedure of impeachment of the president once again
Shalva Papuashvili: The EU ambassador's statement caused a violation of the law against "Georgian Dream"
Shalva Papuashvili signed the so-called anti-LGBT propaganda bill
Shalva Papuashvili: They want to spread lies, as if the observer status of "Transparency International Georgia" has been suspended - the status is not suspended
Shalva Papuashvili: The clearer the historic defeat of the opposition becomes, the more aggressive interference in the election process from outside the country becomes - this is undemocratic behavior and contradicts the international principle of non-interference
Ian Kelly: Unless the ruling party reverses course on taking anti-democratic actions like the ‘foreign agents law,’ and ceases its hostile rhetoric against the U.S., I cannot imagine our relations will get any better
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