Former PM of Georgia; For Georgia chairman
Giorgi Gakharia

Place of birth

Tbilisi

Education

1994 - Graduated from the Faculty of History of Tbilisi State University.

1994-2000 - Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Political Science - Master of Political Science;

2002-2004 - Lomonosov Moscow State University, Higher Business School - Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Professional Experience

May 2004 - November 2008 - SFK Group - General Manager;

September 2006-May 2009 - Invited Lecturer in Applied Biotechnology, Moscow State University;

November 2008 - February 2013 - Lufthansa Service Holding AG. LSG, Frankfurt am Main, Germany GR & Business Development Director for Eastern Europe, CIS countries and the Russian Federation;

March 2013 - July 2016 - Business Ombudsman of Georgia;

December 2014 - September 2016 - Secretary of the Economic Council;

November 27, 2016 - November 13, 2017 - Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia;

November 13, 2017 - Vice Prime Minister of Georgia, Minister of Internal Affairs;

From September 8, 2019 to February 18, 2021 - Prime Minister of Georgia

Shalva Papuashvili - I don't know what made Gakharia's party happy about the Strasbourg Court's decision, they want to portray that they are in a good position
Paata Salia: We are a country that fully complies with the decisions of the Strasbourg Court
Nodar Kharshiladze on “Georgian Dream” members’ statements regarding the Strasbourg Court ruling: No matter how happy they are or how much they blame Giorgi Gakharia - their party was in power at the time
Minister of Justice: The Grand Chamber of the Strasbourg Court has once again confirmed the state’s legitimate right to use special means and has put an end to claims that Giorgi Gakharia is being politically persecuted
“For Georgia” party: The Strasbourg Court’s decision confirms that the charges against Gakharia are political persecution - This ruling is a verdict against the real offenders
Archil Gorduladze: Gakharia, who is hiding in Germany, must return and face justice - It will be interesting to see what statement will now be made by the German ambassador, who has repeatedly interfered in our country’s internal affairs
Berdia Sichinava: The European Court of Human Rights decision confirms that the charges against Gakharia were fabricated – It is established that he did not issue the order to use rubber bullets - we will present the decision as evidence
Ministry of Justice on the events of June 20: Because the then leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs failed to ensure the proportional use of force against demonstrators, the Strasbourg Court found violations of articles of the European Convention
Guram Macharashvili: Gakharia’s team refused to participate in the historic investigative commission, and now they want to create a commission that will determine whether a parrot really lost its feathers or whether a dog kissed its owner - they are just trying to stay afloat politically
Giorgi Sharashidze: The "Georgian Dream" hysteria proves that the facts presented in the BBC investigation are very close to the truth - we will work to ensure both international and local investigations take place; this case cannot be left as it is
Davit Mzhavanadze: It suddenly turned out that ‘Georgian Dream’ is the party of chemical weapons and is itself the ‘party of war,’ which is at war with its own people and poisons them with chemical agents
Tinatin Bolokadze, member of “Coalition for Change”: We have been dissidents for a year already - as for Melia and Saakashvili, the ‘National Movement’ should be part of the unity - the ‘red lines’ exist only with Gakharia’s party
Giorgi Sharashidze: Every false witness who testified against Giorgi Gakharia will be held responsible for the fact that today the Tskhinvali puppet regime is declaring the village of Chorchana part of South Ossetia
Teona Akubardia: The ‘Betrayal Commission,’ the Chorchana Episode, and Russia’s Influence in Georgia
Lela Jejelava: It is correct for no party to enter the elections until the ‘National Movement’ is banned — if anyone enters a cleared field, it will be difficult to justify that it is not Ivanishvili’s project
Ambassador of Korea Hyon Du KIM - Korea’s strength lies in high-tech manufacturing while Georgia’s strength is in logistics and service areas - Georgia should not be just considered as a single market but as a market that can encompass the region and beyond
Oleksii Reznikov - Russia, in reality, is a paper tiger