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

Mayor of Tbilisi
Kakha Kaladze
Former President of Georgia
Mikheil Saakashvili
Minister of Justice of Georgia
Rati Bregadze
Shalva Papuashvili: The sanctity of the family is the foundation of our state, therefore it is the government's duty to protect it, together with the Church, as a preserver of Georgian identity, spiritual and material culture
Papuashvili to journalists: Russia interferes most strongly in Georgian affairs through opposition parties and their media - so congratulations, you are Russia's soft power
Shalva Papuashvili on Landsbergis' statement: ceding a part of sovereignty does not mean surrender - sometimes there are positions that some do not want discussion, dialogue, but to give instructions
The Parliament has completed the public review of the draft law prepared against LGBT propaganda
Shalva Papuashvili: The participation of foreign politicians in the anti-government protest is a symptom of the fact that the Russian government has transferred part of its worldview to its fiercest opponents, especially in the Baltic countries
Foreign Ministers of Latvia, Estonia, Iceland and Lithuania arrive at Rustaveli Avenue
Foreign Ministers of Lithuania and Estonia say at the meeting with Shalva Papuashvili they "did not agree" with him on problematic issues, and "expressed extremely strong views"
Shalva Papuashvili on Michael Roth: 30-year-old help is thrown into the water by such sleazy politicians when they arrive and call the government party a nightmare - they can sacrifice society for riots because of a selfie
Shalva Papuashvili: At the meeting with foreign ministers, we all agreed that we did the right thing when we did not listen to our European colleagues and did not impose sanctions on Russia, did not release Saakashvili
Shalva Papuashvili: At the meeting with Jim O'Brien, we talked about the dynamics of US-Georgia relations, we also discussed the law "On transparency of foreign influence" and shared our positions with each other
Foreign Ministers of Latvia, Estonia, Iceland and Lithuania will visit Georgia on May 15
Shalva Papuashvili: No one has the right to censor us and tell us to refrain from separating people by gender and to refer to neutral terms
Shalva Papuashvili: the secret records depicting intimate life are the handwriting of the "National Movement", which they had until 2012
Shalva Papuashvili: There is a wave of disinformation campaign, including those produced from abroad, those who are friends of Mikheil Saakashvili cannot be friends of the Georgian people, we should not pay attention
The third reading of the draft law "On transparency of foreign influence" will be held at the plenary session on May 14
Shalva Papuashvili: Europeans behaved in an un-European manner and instead of meaningful discussion, they talked to Georgian society with posters
Shalva Papuashvili: We tell ambassadors to tell us in arguments what is problematic with this law, and there is complete silence – let them propose us opinions and if there is an agreement, we will reflect them in the law by using the veto mechanism
Shalva Papuashvili: It would be good if the US Congress gets interested in what the US National Endowment for Democracy spends its money on - the romanticizing campaigns of Shame and "Molotov cocktail" are being financed with this money
Steven Blockmans: If Georgia misses the opportunity to get closer to the EU, it will take a long time to repair the damage caused by the autocratic regime