Shalva Papuashvili
Shalva Papuashvili | |
|---|---|
შალვა პაპუაშვილი | |
 Papuashvili in 2024 | |
| Speaker of the Georgian Parliament | |
| Assumed office 29 December 2021 | |
| President | Salome Zourabichvili |
| Prime Minister | Irakli Garibashvili Irakli Kobakhidze |
| Preceded by | Kakha Kuchava |
| Member of Parliament of Georgia | |
| Assumed office 11 December 2020 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 January 1976 Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Georgian Dream |
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Shalva Papuashvili (Georgian: შალვა პაპუაშვილი; born 26 January 1976) is a Georgian politician who has served as a member of the Georgian parliament since 2020[1] and as Speaker of Parliament since 29 December 2021.[2]
Biography
Shalva Papuashvili was born Tbilisi on 26 January 1976.
From 1996 to 1998, he was an assistant to a member of the Parliament of Georgia.
In 1998, he graduated from Tbilisi State University with a degree in international law.
In 1998-1999, he studied for a master's degree at the University of Saarland.
From 2000 to 2001, he was an assistant to a lawyer at the law firm "Heimes & Muller".
Between 2000 and 2002, he studied for a doctorate at the University of Saarland.
Between 2003 and 2007, he was a senior legal expert at the German Society for Technical Cooperation (GTZ).
Between 2005 and 2006, he was a civil councilor on defense and security issues, an expert on human rights issues.
Between 2007 and 2015, he was a group leader at the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ). In 2012 he was an associate professor at the School of Law of Caucasus University. In 2015, he has been an associate professor at the School of Law of Ilia State University. From 2015 to 2017, he was the Deputy Program Manager of the German International Cooperation (GIZ). From 2017 to 2020, he was the Head of the Georgian Team of the German International Cooperation (GIZ).
In 2020, he was elected to the Parliament of Georgia.
On 21 December 2021, Papulashvili was elected Speaker of the Parliament[3]
In March 2023, he supported the foreign agent draft bill, which trigged widespread protests across the country, which initially withdrew.[4] However, in April 2024, the bill was passed passed in Parliament, and President Salome Zourabichvili, voted the bill, only to be overridden by the Speaker and Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze.[5]
References
- ^ "ცენტრალურმა საარჩევნო კომისიამ საქართველოს პარლამენტის 2020 წლის 31 ოქტომბრის არჩევნები შეაჯამა". ცესკო. 2020-12-03. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ "Papuashvili Elected as New Parliament Speaker". Civil Georgia. 2021-12-29. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ "Papuashvili Elected as New Parliament Speaker". Civil Georgia. 2021-12-29. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
- ^ "Law on "Transparency of Foreign Funding" Passes 76-13 in the First Reading". Civil Georgia. 2023-03-07. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
- ^ "Georgian parliament overrides presidential veto of the divisive foreign influence bill". AP News. 2024-05-28. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
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